Giant Panda Math - Learning to Multiply

Pandas have been making a healthy comeback recently. After decades of failure, breeding in zoos is starting to produce results, uh, I mean, cubs.

San Diego Zoo's Baiyun cuddles her cub Mei Sheng in this 2004 photo. Baiyun has given birth three times at the zoo in San Diego.
Also, the protection of their natural environment and expansion of habitat areas in China has allowed them to rebound in the forests and the estimate now is that there are about 1,600 pandas in the wild, up from fewer than 1,100 in the 1980's.

These lanterns were photographed by "Bear Bear" at the Chinese Garden Lantern Festival in Singapore earlier this month. Lots more lanterns and other fun pics on her blog - Bear Bear Diary

NZM sent me the following video clip a while ago, but as she and DEJ have been travelling and not posting much on their blog M and J Adventures, I held off sharing it. She recently posted some awesome (as usual) pictures of Cologne, Germany. I especially like the ones of the Cologne Cathedral. Wow. Check them out.

Anyway, if you ever wondered if giant panda cubs sneeze.....






Click here or on the picture above to learn more about the Giant Panda success story and how you can help sustain it.