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As of November 2019, the two female giant pandas who live at the zoo, Shuan Shuan (b. 1988) and Xin Xin (b. 1990), are the oldest Giant Pandas in captivity. [63] Shuan Shuan died in 2022, leaving Xin Xin as the last surviving panda in Mexico. [64] The pandas at Chapultepec are special in that China does not have ownership.
Chicago cartoonist John T. McCutcheon was the president of the Chicago Zoological Society from 1921 until 1948 and oversaw the zoo's construction, opening and its early years, including helping it through the war years, when the zoo saw a decrease in attendance. Grace Olive Wiley briefly worked as a reptile curator at the zoo in 1935. [26]
During the shoot season (April–August), pandas store a large amount of food in preparation for the months succeeding this seasonal period, in which pandas live off a diet of bamboo leaves. [53] The giant panda is a highly specialised animal with unique adaptations, and has lived in bamboo forests for millions of years. [ 54 ]
Giant pandas ready for debut at National Zoo. The superstar pandas traveled from China and arrived in the U.S. on Oct. 15, 2024. National Zoo members had the opportunity to see the pandas in a ...
Giant Pandas Have Arrived State-Side After much anticipation, two Giant Pandas have finally arrived from China for the stay at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C. (Video of their ...
Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After more than a year without them, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has welcomed a new pair of giant pandas for guests to visit. Three ...
The Chicago Fire Department (CFD) provides firefighting services along with emergency medical response services, hazardous materials mitigation services, and technical rescue response services in the city of Chicago, Illinois, United States, under the jurisdiction of the mayor of Chicago.
In 2024, for the first time in more than 50 years, there will be no pandas in the United States, after zoos in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., return theirs to China — which has been loaning its ...