Disney's Animal Kingdom: This little female Hartmann's zebra was born March 31 at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida. Panda keeper Marty Dearie said in the video that he "was secretly hoping for a boy. US military develops augmented reality goggles for dogs, Watch: the peregrine falcons of UC Berkeley, a love story, This 3-piece extra large cast iron cookware set is on sale for just $70, This coder bootcamp can get you up to speed on 6 key programming skills in 60 minutes each, If you want your boost your memory, try this course. L.A. We're overjoyed to share that Mei Xiang gave birth at 6:35 p.m. and is caring for her newborn attentively. L.A. The National Zoo announced that vets spotted a fetus "kicking" and "swimming" in amniotic fluid during an ultrasound performed on their female giant panda, Mei Xiang… Safari West: These red river hoglets were born April 4 at Safari West in Santa Rosa, California. (Read more: Is breeding pandas in captivity worth it?”). Watch with us! (Read more about reintroducing pandas to the wild in China.). "In China's Wolong Reserve, pandas make their dens in large hollow conifer trees, with a diameter of about 3 feet, or in caves with a little bedding of twigs," they wrote. The government shutdown is over, and the National Zoo has turned back on its 24/7 livestream of giant panda Mei Xiang and . Leesburg Animal Park: Though Rebel, a Bennett's wallaby, was born in September 2019 at Leesburg Animal Park in Loudoun County, Virginia, he didn't come out of his pouch for the first time until this February. For instance, scientists have learned that mother pandas lick their babies’ bellies to help them excrete waste, since the young pandas’ muscles are too weak to do it themselves. At just 19 days old on Sept. 9, the zoo shared a video of Mei Xiang holding her tiny cub and it resting against her chest. We hope to have a healthy cub in the coming days!" Follow USA TODAY's Ryan Miller on Twitter @RyanW_Miller. Nashville Zoo: This baby Cape porcupine was born on Feb. 24 at Nashville Zoo. The zoo also said that Mei drank 56 oz. Zoo's Rainforest of Americas exhibit. A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/baby-panda-video-mei-xiang_n_3838117 The procedure was conducted shortly after the entire zoo shut down on March 14. Positive mothering behaviors include nursing her cub and cuddling it close. "Keep your paws crossed! Photograph by Linda Davidson, Getty Images, Giant panda Mei Xiang gives birth at National Zoo. AFP PHOTO, the cub Mei Xiang gave birth to in 2012 died after six days, artificial insemination with two pandas' sperm was live tweeted this past spring, bizarrely vehement anti-panda tirades like the one published earlier this week in Bloomberg. “A big part of science is observation,” he said, and zoo staff has learned a tremendous amount by watching how panda mothers care for their babies. So I'm pretty excited about it.". He was crying cos he couldn't get up by himself. “Pandas are so precious, they don't leave things to chance,” said Brody, also a National Geographic Society grantee. "A precious giant panda cub has arrived!". #PandaStory pic.twitter.com/x02fEYfAmx, Giant panda Mei Xiang has become increasingly restless and began body licking—both signs that labor has probably started! It's really not hard to understand why. In the gender reveal the nation needed in 2020, the National Zoo in Washington revealed that its baby panda born in August is another boy. Three of her cubs have survived to adulthood. Zoo vets also make sure the baby’s eating well and getting enough milk. By Arin Greenwood. MX started swiffering her baby! "Her fetus was kicking + swimming in the amniotic fluid, and its spine + blood flow were visible. Take a baby-animal tour with USA TODAY contributor. Baby animals around the US that will brighten your quarantine mood, Read or Share this story: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/10/06/national-zoo-panda-cub-boy-cute-moments-mei-xiang-son/3635010001/, While we've been sheltering in place this spring, new life has sprung forth all across the United States at zoos, animal parks and beyond. Giant pandas at birth are about the size of a stick of butter. Monterey County: A Pacific harbor seal pup and her mother seen here in April. Zoo: This female mandrill was born in February at the L.A. She is the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States. Associated Press writer Ashfraf Khalil contributed to this report. From the US… READ THE REST, This dog can smell a short-con a mile away. So veterinarians took a cheek swab of the cub for genetic tests to look at a fragment of the zinc finger protein gene. In the wild, if a panda has twins, “the natural instinct of the mother is to choose the stronger of the two pandas and abandon one,” Brody said. Zoo: Born on April 9, this baby bighorn sheep hangs out with his mom in the L.A. Poorly developed lungs likely prevented the cub from getting enough oxygen. Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California. The procedure has worked many times in China, zoo officials said. The cub, whose sex is … Woodland Park Zoo: These Humboldt penguin chicks were born in April at Woodland Park Zoo in Seattle. (Read about a National Geographic photographer’s experience documenting the first year of Bei Bei’s life.). © 1996-2015 National Geographic Society, © 2015- One of the giant pandas at the Smithsonian's National Zoo could give birth to a baby cub any day now. Mei & the cub both continue to do well.The panda team will allow Mei's behavior to direct how they proceed. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Columbus Zoo and Aquarium: Baby gorilla Jamani was born April 15 at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium.