Giant panda Bai Yun plays with her baby, Yun Zi

This Friday, Nov. 19, 2010 photo provided by the San Diego Zoo shows Giant panda cub Yun Zi as he tugs at his 19-year-old mother, Bai Yun, during a tremendous play bout at the San Diego Zoo.

After more than two weeks of renovations, the pair returned to the spruced up Giant Panda Research Station to find new items to interact with including the log that Bai Yun is hanging from and a large pile of dirt that the cub was rolling in. The pair spent 20 minutes wrestling in dirt, climbing logs and exploring the exhibit before taking a nap and starting over. Other new items in the panda exhibits are Chinese elm trees, shrubs and sod, thanks to donors to the Zoo.




San Diego Zoo veterinarian Tracy Clippinger (R) is assisted by Kathy Hawk, a senior keeper, in order to listen to the heartbeat of Yun Zi, a 17-week-old giant panda cub, at the San Diego Zoo in California, in this picture taken and released on December 3, 2009.




Five-month-old giant panda cub Yun Zi makes his official media debut at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California, in this image taken and released on January 6, 2010. Yun Zi was born on August 5, 2009.




Five-month-old giant panda cub Yun Zi makes his official media debut at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California, in this image taken and released on January 6, 2010. Yun Zi, who was born on August 5, 2009, will be unveiled to the general public on January 7.




In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, the giant panda cub Yun Zi, 6 months old, climbs an elm tree on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2010 in San Diego.




Giant panda Bai Yun plays with her baby, Yun Zi, at the San Diego Zoo in San Diego, California in this publicity photograph taken on December 21, 2009 and released by the Zoo on December 21. This was one of the first times Yun Zi, the San Diego Zoo�s four and a half-month-old giant panda cub, has ventured out of his den into a private outdoor area. Picture taken December 21, 2009.




source: Daylife
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