The Smithsonian’s National Zoo announced Wednesday that giant pandas will return to D.C. later this year.
In this combo image, two-year-old male giant panda Bao Li in his habitat at Shenshuping Base in Wolong, China, May 16, 2024, left, and two-year-old female giant panda Qing Bao in her habitat at Dujiangyan Base in Sichuan, China, May 17, 2024, right. The two new giant pandas are returning to Washington’s National Zoo from China this year. The announcement from the Smithsonian Institution on Wednesday comes about half a year after the zoo sent its three pandas back to China.
Bao Li — whose name means “treasure” and “energetic” in Mandarin — was born at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan. His mother is Bao Bao, who was born at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in 2013, and his father is An An. In turn, his maternal grandparents are the legendary Tian Tian and Mei Xiang. Bao Li lives at the Shenshuping Base in Wolong.Qing Bao’s name means “green” and “treasure” in Mandarin. Her parents do not have direct National Zoo ties.
“We look forward to once again calling the FedEx Panda Express into service and using our logistical expertise to safely move Qing Bao and Bao Li to Washington, D.C.,” saidNo, chill. They’re too young and we don’t even know if they like each other yet.In turn, zoo staff will not put the two pandas together, but will create opportunities for them to catch glimpses of one another and pick up each other’s scent — think a very extended meet-cute.
The pandas ate a special panda bread in China, which National Zoo nutritionists have requested the recipe for, Smith told the Washington Post.The new pandas will be here on a 10-year lease, which ends in April 2034. The zoo will pay the China Wildlife and Conservation Association an annual fee of $1 million, according to its, seeking $25 million in donations to go toward enhancing the panda exhibit and the Giant Panda Cam.
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