It's Good That This Giant Panda's Tub Is So Small
Good for us, I mean. Remember when Tian Tian was enjoying the snow? Now Tian Tian is enjoying the Spring by getting into all his cracks and crevices for a good cleaning.
Good for us, I mean. Remember when Tian Tian was enjoying the snow? Now Tian Tian is enjoying the Spring by getting into all his cracks and crevices for a good cleaning.

Hopes are high at the National Zoo after pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian began mating today, an event the Washington Post notes was "captured on the public panda cam." Everyone has a sex tape these days, you guys. [WashingtonPost]
To get your adorable fix, click here to watch a video of the newest panda cub at the San Diego Zoo getting his first check up. According to Dr. Geoff Pye, the healthy cub is "very roly poly." [Reuters], [AP]
Mei Xiang, the previously possibly pregnant panda from the National Zoo, is actually not pregnant. According to this report, "Pseudo-pregnancies are common in pandas." [WaPo]
The D.C. pandas "opened inaugural festivities" by mating early yesterday. The male, Tian, was frisky, but after 2½ hours, zookeepers separated him from the female, "in order to give Mei a break." There's video! [BlackBook]
The National Zoo in D.C. needs bamboo! Panda food supply is dangerously low, and might not last the winter. You'd better send your herbicide- and pesticide-free stuff over, or else: Blood. Kidding! Maybe. [UPI]
"A Beijing Zoo panda known for his bad temper has tasted human blood for the third time…" [Yahoo News via Time]
Click to viewThis giant panda caught on tape giving birth is sweeping the internet. You too can watch Tan Tan the panda give birth to what appears to be a squeaky salamander. All the papers are buzzing about how she was artificially inseminated. Just like Clay Aiken's baby mama. Pandas: They're just like celebrities!…
We love you, Coco Wang. Based in Beijing, Coco was inspired to create a series of comics called Earthquake Strips about the recent devastation in China. Wang says of her art, "I hope these stories could show the UK readers the love, warmth and courage of the Chinese people, also the sad and cruel reality of the…