Science Newsletter #15 - Bournemouth School for Girls

PandasBy rs sorneinEdinburghWen I was very young, I rememer going to ondon zoo, to see a panda called CiCi, at te me,tere were very ew pandas le in te world and tey ecame te symol or te WWF campaignWen CiCi died, se was preserved and is now in te Natural History useumIn more recent mes, te Cinese ave developed aprogram to enale te pandas to survive, and nowtere are , in te world, ut only 4 o tese areoutside o CinaIn ecemer 11, a pair o reeding pandas were lentto Edinurg zoo or a period o 1 years e idea istat tey would reed ut even ten te young will notelong to our zoo, tey will sll e owned y Cinae two pandas were ot orn in icuan province, inCina, in 3 e emale is called ianian, wic means sweee, ut according to er eeper, seis a it o a diva! e wole me we were tere, se ept er ac to us and ept grunng e adtwins years ago and tey are oping tat se will reed again tis summere potograp elow is o te male angGuang meaning sunsine, e is uite a star, tumlingaout and stung amoo, apparently is cage is always amess He also looed uite dirty around is ears and iswite strip, ut tis is a good sign as it means e is appyand ruing is scent glandsPandas are only erle or a ew days a year and mate inlate arc or early April nl ten teyre ept in separate cages and can only see eac oter troug a grid inte wall o te enclosure In te wild tey are very solitaryanimalsEdinurg zoo ope tey will ave ay pandas to sow te pulic later tis year I you wis to seete pandas you ave to oo a minute slot in advance as tey are very popular