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Panda cub in San Diego Zoo ( 2003-09-19 14:48) (Reuters)
San Diego Zoo veterinarians Karen
Kearns (right) and Karen Lisi perform a routine health exam on
the Zoo's male panda cub, at the SBC Giant Panda Research Station,
September 18, 2003. The Zoo vets determined the cub's health to be in
great shape as they checked his heart rate and collected body
measurements. The unnamed cub currently weighs 34 ounces and is 11.5
inches long. [Reuters] |
Meg Sutherland-Smith, senior veterinarian at
the San Diego Zoo, applies a stethoscope to the zoo's three-week-old panda
during a routine examination on Wednesday, September 10, 2003 at the SBC
Giant Panda Research Station. The zoo's veterinary staff conducted its
second exam on the cub and confirmed that it is a male, saying the panda
now weighs 19 ounces, measures 10 inches long and is in very good health.
[Reuters] |
Bai Yun, the San Diego Zoo's female giant
panda, cradles her new born cub (within yellow square) in the panda
birthing den August 19, 2003. Bai Yun made world history in August,
1999 when she gave birth to Hua Mei, the first giant panda cub to be born
and survive in the United States.
[Reuters] |
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