Giant panda gives birth
Professor Steve Steve reports that his distant relative Mei Xiang gave birth to a cub at the National Zoo yesterday. NPR reports that the zoo did not know that the panda was pregnant until recently, when, according to Professor Steve Steve, she told her keepers that she "might be just a little bit pregnant." Reuters reports that scientists will shortly perform a paternity test. You may see a webcam shot of the giant panda here.
10 Comments
Henry J · 24 August 2013
If they do manage to finger (er, thumb?) the father, will he have to pay child support?
https://me.yahoo.com/a/JxVN0eQFqtmgoY7wC1cZM44ET_iAanxHQmLgYgX_Zhn8#57cad · 24 August 2013
The babies have such cute little "thumbs."
Wait a minute, I don't think the IDiots have explained them yet--or anything else in biology.
Glen Davidson
Karen S. · 24 August 2013
Professor Steve Steve, you're really in trouble now!
Rikki_Tikki_Taalik · 24 August 2013
How is it that Professor Steve Steve is not on The List of Steves at Project Steve ??
Even if we can't count him twice it's still too delicious to pass up.
Rikki_Tikki_Taalik · 24 August 2013
https://me.yahoo.com/a/nhuqwfkFmucBMzdtjYhsalAwderuJNbhItBfqxl7g789#e7f3c · 25 August 2013
Am I wrong in thinking that the cub was stillborn?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/stillborn-panda-cub-was-seriously-deformed-zoo-says/2013/08/25/020dfaa0-0d95-11e3-85b6-d27422650fd5_story.html
hrich · 25 August 2013
Masked Panda: The article you link to says there were two cubs, one born Friday, the other Saturday.
Henry J · 25 August 2013
Marilyn · 5 September 2013
Incase you haven't heard it's a girl, they have found this out by analyzing a fragment of the of the zinc finger protein gene twice, and dad is Tian Tian, it seems to be well and all white. Her twin was a girl and same dad but was still born. Mei Xiang only seems to want to drink apple water and is having a good rest.
Henry J · 5 September 2013
So is Tian going to be paying child support? ;)