The baby panda at the National Zoo is just about a week old and doing well. He is starting to get black and white markings and (from what I can see) looks more like a newborn puppy (he looked kind of like a baby rat last week). More than a week is a milestone for the National Zoo because their previous female panda had health issues that compromised the successful rearing of her infants (or their health, I'm not quite clear on this). One thing that really impresses me is the announcement that National Zoo is stopping construction work to ensure that the mom and baby are not startled by any loud noise.
I know the San Diego Zoo did this as well and it just shows you that zoos care about their animals more than construction projects.
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