Zoo Atlanta's New Arrival

The entry on the Zoo Atlanta website couldn't have been more enthusiastic:

Saturday, August 30 10:10 p.m. A Cub is born!!!

On September 1st, however, some problems began, prompting the zoo staff to move the baby to an incubator. They were concerned that Lun Lun wasn't producing enough milk to sustain the baby.

By Tuesday however, the baby was reintroduced to mama and mama seemed really happy to see the cub, cradling it. And the cub has gained weight, which is an encouraging sign indeed.

Perhaps you wonder why I'm blogging about this. Well geez, look at the last baby we had at Zoo Atlanta, Mei Lan. Now that is stinking cute. I remember that when the experts from China saw Mei Lan, they commented that the panda would have good fortune because the face shape was so pleasing and round. Can you disagree? So, this month we've doubled the baby population. What's wrong with blogging about that?

--Laura