Once upon a time the female panda was pregnant and when the time came she gave birth to this little fellow….
The new born cub was so small and fragile that he seemed to be more of a cat cub than of a panda one…
Attention, good care and all the time needed were spent so that the little cub would grow healthy and beautiful…
In a week, he is already acting as a ” big ” and powerful animal, sniffing around…
At 25 days, the cub begins to look as a panda…the specific black spots have already appeared but he’s still blind…
After 30 days, the cub looks like a little pig ..
In a couple more days, we have a brand new panda cub able to eat and start to play by his own.
When he’s 85 days old, no one knows what he’s up to….
But he still is so funny and he sleeps just like a human baby…
Let’s blow the candle, the cub has reached 3 months old ….
Mammals in the animal species evolve the same way as humans do and still, there are people that never see beyond the obvious, there are people who don’t give a rat’s ass, and there are people who care…
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Ok there are 2 things I have to say.
1. The mother probably pushed away the other one (AKA the one in the photos) or died.
2. Every one needs to shut up and stop cursing.
-Roos
god save these animals
Okay, for all the people who are slating the person in the photos:
Please *try* and remember that you are only seeing a few photos here, not the bigger picture. The cub may have been taken away from his mother for routine veterinary checks, and to check on its progress. Most, if not all panda babies born in the wild die, so surely you can accept that this act of human intervention is helping to preserve the species? Climb down off the fence and quit being so sanctamonious about something you know very little about.
This is nature with a human touch (literally). The cubs handler was obviously gentle with the cub during and after its birth; much gentler than the wild would be so I disagree with the last comment. This article was fantastic, fascinating, and touching. Kudos to the World Wildlife Foundation!
that comment about inbred pandas is simply stupid.
many animals are inbred.
it’s a form of breeding.
disabilities or being “retarded” are rare when animals are inbred.
i have no harsh words for that person except that they makes themselves sound like a dumb, ignorant hick.
“Mammals evolve the same way as humans do and still, some people couldn’t care less about them, about the environment and about living a healthy life…”
well, humans are mammals… and im guessing you mean “grow and develope” instead of “evolve”
evolution is very different than growing/developing
Oh heck no! You do NOT shoot an endangered animal! I don’t care who said it was okay, Sironimus, you don’t do that. And you’d have to be pretty bad at hunting to shoot a female with a cub. I don’t care about this “use the whole animal” business, there are some things you don’t kill and using the whole animal won’t just how many pandas are left.. If they want to protect them, they will have to stop hunting them period.
That said, neat photos. They’re pretty small when they’re newborn. That’s even smaller than human babies are compared to adults.
Interesting. Too bad the whole page is a misunderstanding of the definition of evolution. Look it up.
Thank you all for your views. Due to the fact that “evolution” was indeed a wrong word for the post, I’ve changed the title into “Development of a new born baby panda”
Just to give everyone another insight… In the wild, baby pandas take SO MUCH care and looking after that if twins [or more] are born, the mother only has the capability of taking care of one of them, leaving any others to die.
It’s very possible that rather than allowing the “extra” cub to perish, the organization who clearly knows how to and has passion for caring for this endangered species, took it under their wing to raise into a healthy adult.
If all the Pandas are extict, what difference will it make?
Likewise whales.
Like who cares, as long as there is room for more people.
Wow, some people seem to be bliss while living in ignorance.
First of all, as Sam wrote, read previous comments before posting one yourself.
Secondly, it is not someones house, nor someones pet. The person caring for the panda is a professional.
Third, there are reasons the baby was taken from its mother. They could be any of the following:
~ The mother was ill or had died.
~ The mother refused to care for the baby.
~ The mother was in the wild and was hunted by assholes like Sironimus Pratt.
~ And many other reasons, if you think
I am only 15 yet have much more common sense than many of you. This is proof that common sense isn’t so common.
Please, before you post any flaming comments, do your research and get the facts. There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting. Its just annoying and pathetic to see people like you trying to prove a point that all together is pointless. And where does PETA come into play?
Make it idiot-proof, and someone will make a better idiot.
Now, off the comments and onto the actual post.
I found this site using Mozilla Stumbler. ^_^ I’m glad I have. Thank you very much for helping another panda… even a small change can make a big difference. Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can’t help them, at least don’t hurt them. Thank you.
Blessed Be,
Michelle
I visited the Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Centre when I was in China last November. They had two sets of twins, about a month old and about 3 months old. They slept in a crib that looks exactly like the one shown in the last shot, which made me think that the pics were taken there.
The panda population is so fragile that human intervention is required to assist its growth.
Jimbo, a civilization that can’t take care of its weakest (animals) can’t take care of itself. If we don’t prevent the extinction of these species, we won’t be able to prevent our own extinction. Although at that point I’d say we deserve it, as there won’t be anything redeeming about the human race left.
I’ve been reading your posts and I think the pictures of the Panda look positive, healthy and safe. A pleasure to see.
However I am also a member of PETA and would like to stress that although there are some people who shout their mouth of about every little thing, we still do some good, much needed work against the abuse of animals in conditions a far cry away from a warm incubator and bedding with caring hands as demonstrated with the Panda reared above.
I will have to agree with Michelle’s comment.
The Panda population is dwindling and the number one cause if habitat lost due to humans and the Panda’s dependence on wild bamboo forests…
So, a lot of times, baby pandas that are raised in captivity are raised by humans who are professionals for a number of reasons.
The hardest thing about making more pandas in captivity is that for some reason it’s really hard to force them to mate probably because they’re not in their natural environment.
When the mother does have babies they often refused to take care of it because they’re way too stressed out about their situation in captivity in the first place.
Of course the panda cub is going to be taken care by humans because the mother won’t take care of it (or them if they have twins). I mean, think of it like the great white shark and how they don’t deal very well with being captives…
Unless you can take back their land, there’s really no way around raising pandas by man for the most part.
Why do you need to say “Mammals evolve the same way as humans?” Humans are mammals. Its a rediculous statement.
Pics are cute though.
Thanks for the adorable pictures. It will certainly help to promote more interest in caring for Pandas and wildlife. A background to this panda and its mother’s health condition could be useful too. Thanks again! :)
First of all
A. as I think someone said before, humans ARE mammals, so it’s only natural that “Mammals evolve the same way as humans”
B. MAMMALS, especially humans and Pandas, do NOT EVOLVE. They grow, mature, and develop, but NOT evolve. Evolution is a genetic difference from gorwing up normally
C. Duh, not everyone cares because not everyone thinks about animals and pandas every day.
My birthday was last december, BUT DID YOU CARE?
You’re asking for equal protection and whatnot, but the fact of the matter is, you’re ending up hypocritical.
I was enjoying this article til the snide snarky little last statement there, which for all counts, was completely erroneous.
jimbo u r just makin u look like a foolish selfish bitch. i wish god made better people.. people just look at wat we do to these poor endangered animals and see how it’ll affect us. seriously
It wasn’t cruel at all for them to take it from its mother. Actually, almost all zoo animals are taken from their mother to be hand raised by humans. If we didn’t do this at their youngest, the animals would never grow to be so used to humans and it would make their care in the zoos much more difficult. My aunt works in this business and she actually just raised a couple cheetah cubs. This is especially important when it comes to endangered species and species that have had a difficult time breeding in captivity because it ensures that the young will be healthy and have adequate care.
Thank goodness for the people who bother and put passion into endangered animals.
I live in Argentina and i wish people here cared half of what these people care. I wish i had the honor to help grow a panda cub. Lucky and great people who get to help this species survive.
Does any one know how to join this? I’d like to help… to u have to be a vet or something?
PS, polly needs a good fuck.
Thank you for sharing these pictures. They were very interesting.
As a naturalist I understand why these pictures were taken and the credidation that must be EARNED in order for the Panda cub to have been “raised” by a human.
I am once again dismayed (tho sadly, not surprised) at the blatent, uneducated hostility aimed at the author of this site. Much, if not all, of the negative commentary comes from extremist views that are completely unfounded, unjustifified and ignorant.
These pics are beautiful.
Those without any edcucation and knowledge (in this stiuation) should piss off… or write with fact-based knowledge instead of emotion based tripe.
wow… it’s amazing how quickly some people condemn pandas for “stupidity” and “not wanting their species to survive.” hilarious, coming from a human. you do realize that humans are what endangered pandas to begin with, right? i mean, you realize that we (humans) are a cancer living on the face of this planet… devouring and destroying everything we come across and, in the process, slowly killing our very own host. im sure if the panda could talk, he would tell us how impressed he is… i know i am! :sarcasm:
Thank you for showing us something that most people will never have the opportunity to observe. All other comments (generally reiterating the same few points) aside, the poster put this up to show that panda and human development share similarities. This baby panda is just as helpless and fragile as a human baby at birth, and while the development timeline and intricacies may be different it is reiterating how all living things are connected at some level.
Thank you for showing how diverse and fragile this world is.
Thank you for helping this endangered species survive.
Thank you for giving me something to contemplate on a Monday other than Excel spreadsheets.
by the way, the word “evolution” encompasses more than just the theory of evolution pertaining to biology. it also describes a lapse of time and the effect of that lapse on a specific object or idea. hence, “the evolution of my taste in music” or “the baby has evolved over the last few weeks.”
here is the actual definition, taken from the freedictionary (please notesection 1 and the “a/b” subsections under section 2):
ev·o·lu·tion(v-lshn, v-)
n.
1. A gradual process in which something changes into a different and usually more complex or better form. See Synonyms at development.
2.
a. The process of developing.
b. Gradual development.
3. Biology
a. Change in the genetic composition of a population during successive generations, as a result of natural selection acting on the genetic variation among individuals, and resulting in the development of new species.
b. The historical development of a related group of organisms; phylogeny.
These are beautiful photos of this cub…for those wondering where these were taken…I am 99% certain that this is the Wolong Research Station in China…anyone who has traveled to the preserve will concur. Research at the station has successfully helped increase the population of pandas in the world…5 years ago we had only 1,100 or so pandas in the wild and in zoos…today we have 1,600+ due to the research done at Wolong as well as their breeding programs…Panda mothers often give birth to twins and can only care for one at a time…so scientists hand raise the one that has been left out. SINCE WE ARE THE ONES WHO HAVE INTERVEINED AND DESTROYED THEIR HABITAT I DO NOT SEE ANY PROBLEM IN HUMAN INTERVENTION TO KEEP THEM ALIVE.
If a female panda gives birth to two babies, she is able to take care of only one of them. Keep that in mind.
now who’s panda is you
i think all panda should be taking to the wood and be shoot…….. you know
Aaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! So Sweet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MUAAAaaaaaaaa!! It”s my faiv. animal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beautifl animal :)
Umm, Polly sweetie, Panda mothers very commonly reject their newborn cubs, and that is exactly what happened to this Panda cub. The cub’s life was saved after its mother left it for dead, so YOU CAN TURN OFF THE CAPS LOCKS and stop shouting at everyone. Maybe a little quiet factchecking might have served you better before you start shouting insults at everyone. You’re not only wrong, you’re rude about it too.
I wish ignorant people would refrain from discussing their uninformed gut-reactions to and opinions of things. This entire thread (excepting maybe 5 or 6 comments) is a perfect example of how unintelligent the human species can be.
1. If people don’t know the back-story of this particular group of images, DON’T ASSUME anything. That’s just dumb and unfair.
2. If people don’t know anything about the panda bear, its success of reproduction in captivity versus its success in the wild, the reasons the species is endangered, etc. DON’T POST A COMMENT like you know what you are talking about. Do some research for the sake of semi-intelligent discussion… PLEASE.
3. Everybody thinks they have the facts, or the right idea about this particular series of images. There is NO explanation of the exact circumstances that led to this infant panda’s being nurtured by humans. Argue all you want about humans and pandas and intervention and reproduction and environmentalism, but do it somewhere else. These arguments, while interesting, are irrelevant unless we know for certain this panda’s unique situation.
4. Most people generalize in their posts way too much (irony). But seriously, stick to facts rather than BS. My favorite little tidbit was this quote: “you realize that we (humans) are a cancer living on the face of this planet… devouring and destroying everything we come across and, in the process, slowly killing our very own host.” While I don’t necessarily disagree with the sentiment, I find the absurdly exaggerated metaphor hilarious… and cliche.
Polly…it is well known that some Mother Panda’s will reject there own babies. So it best for the infant to be taken away to guarantee a full like and development.
I laugh at some of these replies from people who have no clue about animal characteristics. In real life this animal was sure to die from neglect. People need to understand the life cycle of such animals before placing a dumbass remark about this poor baby panda. Read a book or if you can’t read. Watch the Discovery Channel or National Geographic for that matter…
funny and sweety :D
Think about it… I recognize your interest in my truthful analysis Wanna good joke? What do you get when you play a country music song backward? You get your wife back, you get your job back, you stop drinking …
I love pandas.. coolest animal ever.
This was a very good website and yes survival is very hard. i thought your way of words to these was very good but that women didn’t look like she was taking the cub away from its mom i think she was only their to do the whole birth type of thing. I could be wrong but i’m sure thats the whole reson, in one of the pictures it ;looke like the mom was there well thats what it looked like. Anyways long story short I thought you did a very good job.
pandas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
HI ITS GIANNA IM A HUGE FAN FOR PAND BEARS I SENT THE MONEY TO SAVE THE I WOULD DO ANYTHING FOR A PANDA THEY ARE SO CUTE WHEN THEY ARE A BABBY. THEN THEY ALMOST GET THARE COLLER. I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS #1. WHY DO PANDAS ONLY EAT ONE TYP OF FOOD?
they are so cute and cuddly i could just like take oe home
The little panda is so cute if it was leagal to have them in america besides in the zoozs i would have it eating all the bamboo at my house lol one day i hope to be a vet so that i can help all the animal life that i can and give them a safe inviorment to live in one day but until then i will just keep looking up things on the enternet for an awsome oppertunity
i love pandas so much i just cant belive how cute they are and i just love them to death….im planning on adopting a panda cub when i get older.
ohhhhh!!!!!cute baby panda!!!!!
These pictures are great! I want to use them in an animal project i am conducting and the legal notice said the source must be acknowledged, so this is my notification. I am only using it for educational, non-commerical use.
Is using these pictures for my project okay?
I love pandas my my moms name is amanda and she said when she was little everybody called her panda LOL!!!!