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NEWS ABOUT: pandas

pandas stories: 7 news summaries
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 Tai Shan Turns 4  


Jul 9, 09 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Tai Shan, the giant panda who captivated the world as a cub, turned 4 today and celebrated with a huge birthday cake only an animal could love. The three-tiered concoction was a frozen medley of water, beet juice, shredded beets, and bamboo, WTOP reports. Tai Shan, who is now considered... More »

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Washington DC • birthday • mammals • panda • vegetarianism • birthday party • National Zoo • pandas • panda diplomacy • giant pandas • Tai Shan • Tian Tian • Mei Xiang

(Newser) - Not even massive layoffs in its own house can stop Google from having a little fun on April Fools' Day, the Business Insider reports. The search giant announced it had turned on CADIE, the "world’s first 'artificial intelligence' tasked-array system." The neural network quickly went rogue and... More »

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artificial intelligence • Google • YouTube • prank • pandas • April Fools' Day

Beijing Bids Adieu to
Visiting Pandas

They shift to a Sichuan reserve while their damaged home is rebuilt

Mar 23, 09 3:25 AM CDT
(Newser) - Beijing's "Olympic pandas"—which drew 2 million fans during their 10-month stay in the city's zoo—have been returned to Sichuan Province, Xinhua reports. Their original habitat was damaged in last May's earthquake, so the pack of eight will reside in a panda reserve for now. Several will... More »

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China • pandas • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • giant pandas • Beijing Zoo

China Mourns Panda
Killed in Earthquake

Mao Mao was one of 64 bears at Wolong nature reserve

Jun 10, 08 5:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Workers at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province gathered today for the funeral of Mao Mao, a 9-year-old panda killed in the May 12 earthquake. Mao Mao, the mother of five, was one of 64 pandas at the reserve. She died when the river beside her enclosure crushed the... More »

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China • earthquake • pandas

 Quake-Rattled Pandas
 Get Hugs, Bamboo 

Bears recovering with help from keepers

Jun 3, 08 6:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zookeepers are helping pandas traumatized by the Sichuan earthquake get back to normal with hugs and games, the Guardian reports. Eight young pandas have been sent to Beijing Zoo and 47 more remain at the Wolong reserve, where the deputy chief said the animals' appetites are back to normal, but... More »

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endangered species • panda • zookeeper • pandas • Sichuan province • Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center • China earthquake • giant pandas

 Bamboo Invades Suburbia 

Plant evades pesticides, machetes, metal sheets in US yards

Mar 24, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Suburbanites are fighting to keep bamboo at bay in backyards all over America, but the tropical grass is winning. The Asian import grows fast and has become a popular, environmentally friendly way to screen out the neighbors. But with roots like steel cables, the relentless spreader resists pesticides, pickaxes, and... More »

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backyards • pandas • bamboo • pesticide • horticulture • polyethylene

 Taming Gorilla Heart 
 Disease a Beastly Task 

With great apes dying at alarming rates, zoos try to train some difficult patients

Mar 14, 08 2:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - With heart disease nearly epidemic among America’s captive gorilla population, zookeepers are trying to train the great apes to submit to the human medical procedures that could save their lives. But getting a gorilla to sit still for a blood test is a taxing problem, one the National Zoo... More »

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heart disease • gorilla • zookeeper • Western Lowland Gorilla • National Zoo • pandas • Metroparks Zoo • fibrosing cardiomyopathy

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