National Zoo animal keeper works on training with young panda, Bei Bei

ABC 7's Nancy Chen got a behind-the-scenes look at the National Zoo's world famous panda house. In this video, animal keeper Mariel Lally works with the youngest panda, Bei Bei.
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[@nahkim605]

Bei is so smart just like his parents.

[@kimhanguyen2013]

GOOD BOY, Bei Bei is smart

[@ilu8409]

Pandas burp?! Bei Bei is the cutest. 💜💙❤🐼

[@florence6835]

You’re such a sweet and clever boy, Bei😍😘❤️💕

[@kinghoohoo8782]

A great up close view of our adorable BeiBei!

[@krumel20]

Love You Bei Bei You are a pure joy to watch 🍎🍎🍎

[@nahkim605]

Trainer is so nice to Bei and I'm pretty sure he knows it too.

[@oddbeardiecouple]

Thanks for the extended video of Bei's training! Bei sure is one smart chubby cubby . . . and he burps! :) Happy belated birthday to Nanny Mariel and Nancy Chen!

[@Tarigio]

OMG! August 22nd is my birthday as well! Go Bei Bei!

[@MarieLally]

Loving that this has been posted in addition to what aired yesterday evening! So informative!

[@judithjermark3367]

Being a trainer, a caretaker, or in other positions on the National Zoo staff, and working with Bei Bei, has to be a truly great experience. Bei Bei will be missed when he goes to China.❤️🐼🐾😇

[@straightTalk50]

Poor baby wants love so badly and social interaction. Caged like that really makes him lonely. Love you BeiBei! From Denton, Texas!

[@yienjiosaeliow8851]

What a small cage .

[@Mets2015WorldSeries]

It’s just a training enclosure. He’s in a much bigger one when not training.

[@vickygarris6150]

Precious treasure 🐼💋💕💗❤️

[@jj-he8ty]

This panda so lovely very cute and healthy

[@erbaigg1094]

Cooked sweet potato~ i also love it!

[@olaokunade2406]

I think I understand better y they are sent to China. Their habitat there is so much more natural,open , big and right for them. They really seem to be much more in their element in those reserves.

[@xiuwu1590]

Bei bei is a smart boy😊

[@sylviarivas8817]

So cute!!!❤

[@josyjosy7495]

I will give all my credit cards to this panda. Insanely cute, I will give him everything.

[@xhehfdl9576]

Smart

[@flower-wd1om]

Il est marrant il comprend 🐼💕

[@azralia4265]

That cutie is giving the panda a run for his money ;)

[@vaL-kv6uy]

Great video. Very Enjoyable! Thanks for posting. Bei Bei is so adorable and your commentaries are entertaining.

[@siaofong4920]

他的耳朵好可愛

[@megshogo7872]

Bei Bei，You eat too fast！but so cute……🤤🥰😘🤗

[@CharlotteTranp]

When he goes to China he'll have to learn mandarin =))

[@suevanlenz]

Panda photos in the snow

[@zooguy52]

reinforcing by hand seems very dangerous...tongs would be a better option...

[@sandraloysoonleng4944]

😘

[@mct778]

Bei bei listening skills is way better than me

[@kodyescobedo6485]

Cameraman needs some practice.

[@theresaholguin699]

Bei Bei is really beautiful. By why is he in that cage?. Sweet potatoes are delicious. I love them too.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

That’s a training area where they interact through a barrier. It’s safe and he can leave whenever he wishes.

[@theresaholguin699]

@@Powerranger-le4up thank you for the information. I found out that is what it is. The caretakers can draw wax blood from the pandas and other things for the panda. It shocked me seeing Bei Bei in that cage. Because l had never seen a panda in such a small place in a cage. I am used to seeing them running around a large yard like enclosure

[@theresaholguin699]

@Andrew Riela well l have never heard of a panda attacking a keeper and or killing them. I don't believe a panda could be that aggressive. But there's always a first

[@pb234]

Love you baby boy . Love you nanny . Thank you for loving Bei Bei so much . The way you greet him , treat him Bei Bei is so lucky to have you as his nanny and you're lucky too . Because you get to take care of him . 💞💞💞💞💞💞🐼💖💖👩‍💼💞💞💞💞💞💞

[@kennique7634]

Um I love her???

[@user-ef8rc4iw8x]

Mei Xiang is a great mom in the past 20 years and she gave birth to a baby in this year but her mental state is really not well after delivery until today. No love is greater than maternal love even just animals. Although Mei Xiang is elder but she always does her best to entertain everyone in the Smithsonian's national zoo , doesn't it? I never saw any zookeeper to take special care for her and only stole her child for medical exam when she ate meals. She fears losing her child after she lost Bei Bei. Smithsonian's national zoo often gave used cardboard boxes and baskets dipped in honey for Mei Xiang to lick and no other nutritious food like other zookeepers of other countries give apples, carrots and wowo tou for giant pandas every day. In the zoos of other coutries, the panda zookeepers would give the baby panda human care to make mom panda relax and eat delicious food but SNZ never did . Mei Xiang sometimes makes abnormal sounds loudly we all worried about her but SNZ ignored it. Every baby panda depend on mother to survive but humen in SNZ almost not treat Mei Xiang as a human but only a tool for biological research. Please SNZ to give well treatment for giant pandas there. The South Korea is your model to take care of giant pandas if they are 6-star and SNZ will be 1-star that poor standard and not professional at all.

[@yienjiosaeliow8851]

Yes over breeding her .

[@yknot000]

It must be heartbreaking for these keepers and trainers to say goodbye to these wonderful bears 😭

[@thebabbler8867]

There's a panda in this video?..

[@mred6834]

He was obedient because he was lonely.. America, just stop with the pandas, please.. It breaks my heart..

[@ninaromani1550]

So sad to see the panda in the cage!

[@tinaanzures5781]

He's not literally in the cage he can go outside to play...its bei beis morning training

[@viacores]

Is this the famous panda?!

[@akinabertha]

我建議將鐵閘改變，如中國的大連動物園一樣！比較有利訓練及建立互信！

[@dyao1113]

Bei bei is bilingual!!

[@evilylyana4185]

In fact Bao2 panda died after separated with his mama's panda. So sad.

[@zaidasusanayarlequealarcon2577]

Mo sugerencia es que a mis ositos pamdas les den bastante agua para que se hidraten bien y a un futuro no sufran de su estomago y de sus riñones cuiden a mis bellos ositos son como unos angelitos dios y la virgen siempre les den bastante vida y salud

[@meihuang4915]

Give him water, please…….

[@simk7783]

God bless and Jesus protect these animals! 🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤

[@timy.9512]

If a panda can be trained to give blood, a dog can be trained without punishment.

[@elainemiller2250]

Free Willy!

[@samer820]

why put a lovely panda in the prisoner cage? ....

[@suzannesmith5388]

This is my boyfriend

[@helloworldxd]

Bei Bei will sooner to be learned Kung Fu in China

[@firdaus1076]

They are the real teacher of human beings.

[@mred6834]

Excuse me.. how do you know what's best for him.. you forced separated him from his mother at 18 months.. you believe this was best for him as you know so much.. I can't stand to watch this because it's wrong..

[@ThuLe-jq9yq]

Yeu gau

[@wooshawn5274]

I think they feed Bei with too much sugar,as Bei's tooth are getting yellow.Please they can advert this.

[@savagepanda8458]

Pretty sure they don’t feed them sugar...

[@giovannadegobbi9731]

cage! cage! noo!

[@savagepanda8458]

It’s to protect the keepers.

[@Turner2503]

The way they prematurely separated him from his mother caused a lot of grief for both the mother and Bei Bei. I will never forget how they treated them. That was wrong.

[@girlSAVANT]

Mr. Mackey YES, IT WAS SO WRONG!!! I cried so hard that I could NOT stop when I saw those videos of him crying & looking for his mama. 😭😭😭😭😭

[@krumel20]

Mei and her beloved boy were so attached to each other and if SNZ had not been so cruel and greedy ( new cub = cash ) , they could have followed and observed for the Science ( they claim they are a conservation center ) the true relationship btw a Panda Mother and her cub and how a Panda Mother weans naturally the cub and at what age . Er Shun from the Toronto Zoo stayed with her twins until 33 months old . Bei Bei is so alone now, and SNZ never allows Mei and Bei to meet again, even through the hollow window. They say falsely that Mei is aggressive to Bei . How come ? Even Tian Tian behaves peacefully with Bei and they are both males. SNZ is shameless .

[@girlSAVANT]

krumel20 So they have NEVER seen each other again and never will??? So he doesn't get to interact with anybody- no other animals and none of the humans that work at the zoo??? He can't be alone all the time that is so bad for him! This zoo keeps making me more and more angry!!!

[@Turner2503]

@@krumel20 Yea, its just a cop out, lame excuse to not allow them to see each other. We know it, and so do they. They shouldn't even be allowed to operate as a zoo at all. SNZ is truly a disgrace.

[@ViviNyc1]

YES! I think they wanted Mei to have another cub, but it didn't work.

[@francoisebeylie2923]

Why pandas have to work ? They don't need to work.

[@savagepanda8458]

They aren’t forced to train. If they don’t want to, they don’t have to. They even say that at one point during this video.

[@brittanymartinn1891]

Only in America do they cage those PANDAS like that. They need affection & are sweet animals. America . Land of the lockdowns for every human & Every animal.

[@savagepanda8458]

First of all, it’s not “only in America”. Any country that has pandas require cages to keep the keepers safe, as pandas are wild animals. Second, their living area is not just the cage. They have large spaces to run around and play in.

[@brittanymartinn1891]

@@savagepanda8458 You seem angry and fearful . Relax. Panda's are cute & sweet. They aren't out to get you. Toughen up cupcake😉😽🐼

[@savagepanda8458]

@@brittanymartinn1891 I’ve been a huge panda fan for many years, now; of course I know they are cuddly and sweet. HOWEVER, they are also wild bears who can severely injure a person. Did you hear them say in the video that their bite is stronger than a polar bear’s? Go search Gu Gu the panda on Google to see what I am talking about.

[@brittanymartinn1891]

@@savagepanda8458 ok. Thank you😽🐼

[@samer820]

Exactly! I don't understand it either. why put a lovely panda in prison cage?... China has all pandas in the wide open field to play around and cuddle with the trainers.

[@JRR31984]

They sure look more guarded up than in China.

[@savagepanda8458]

It’s pretty much the same as in China... or anywhere else that has wild animals for that matter.

[@f.r6351]

Matamu anjing🤬 dijaga apa nya ? Panda panda Disana disiksa, disetrum, dijadikan eksperimen inseminasi pembuahan bayi panda, dan panda Meixiang tidak pernah dikasih susu saat panda Meixiang ibunya bei bei melahirkan bayi nya. Itu yang kau sebut manusia yg baik ? Itu manusia BINATANG, manusia BIADAB, manusia JAHANAM 😈😈😈🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬👊👊👊👊👊👊

[@girlSAVANT]

Why didnt they let him OUT of the cage??? I HATE seeing him that way! Does he ever get anymore hugs? 🤔🤔🤔😢😢😢😠😠😠

[@DonnieBarkie]

Because it is still a bear that is much stronger than humans

[@girlSAVANT]

DenDanny NO, he's still a cub, a toddler at that. He's not fully grown. They do not put much effort into interacting with these precious animals. They need more attention!

[@Xianlia]

Another dumbass if you watch and listen carefully maybe you will learn something. In fact use subtitles pffffft!

[@Powerranger-le4up]

This is a training area. He can leave whenever he wants.

[@savagepanda8458]

Gee, maybe because he’s a wild animal and could easily hurt or kill the keepers?

[@shumeich4471]

這種籠 看了就痛苦 還高度也有限制 美國人這樣對待動物😡

[@zaidasusanayarlequealarcon2577]

Deben de ser grandes como las de shengdu en china son amplias y los osito se pesplazan con mucha comodidad china debe tomaras medidas drasticas al momento de enviar a los oaitos de ver en que condiciones van a. Vivir wn otros paises eso deben de tener cuenta china que es el pais dueño de lo ositos y deben de tener un buen espacio para que ellos se muevan en su habita esa es mi recomendacion todos tambien hemos estado encerrados y ea feo ojala esta gente de esos zoologicos tomen conciencia de mis adorables ositos

[@zaidasusanayarlequealarcon2577]

China por favor cada mes viajen a todos los paises donde uds mandasn a los oaitos y supervisen por favor como los tratan y en que condiciones de salud estan por favor china toma conciencia velen por ellos asi eaten lejoa viajen a veelos formen un grupo de supervisores y ver el bienestar de todos los zoologicos donde estan mis ositos por favor pongan mas atencion a la slud de mis panditas

[@izharfatima5295]

This steel cage is unbelievable. How can it be there, it's brutality! It shouldn't be the way to contain them , it's unscientific.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Would you relax. It’s a training area where he participates in his own health care. He is there by choice and can choose whether he wants to participate or not.

[@savagepanda8458]

Did you listen to the video? Pandas are wild animals. They could severely injure or kill a keeper if there wasn’t a cage.

[@mojazki]

training? like for circus?..they need to be pandas not like that

[@pandaloverglasgow]

Important for daily medical checks as keeper stated at the start.

[@Powerranger-le4up]

Training for medical purposes. It’s less stressful for the animal if they participate by choice.

[@luna39900]

Drug them up

[@shaojiezhang812]

It's torture. Panda shouldn't be treated like this. Stupid trainer. There is only less than 2000 pandas left on Earth. Beibei is not pet. Hope Beibei go back China soon

[@emilymoore2162]

Shaojie Zhang Believe it or not, the only reason why pandas haven’t gone extinct is because of human intervention. They can’t digest their only natural food source, bamboo, which has very very little nutritional value. Zoos have been able to help raise the numbers through breeding programs and raising more and more awareness. The giant panda’s numbers have also increased tons thanks to the recent efforts of zoos.

[@YoHoosierDaddy]

Thats exactly how Chinese take care of their pandas, all the tricks and lesson on how to raise a panda were introduced by the Chinese, There's nothing wrong with this keeper.

[@Xianlia]

Torture? Dumbass maybe use subtitles and watch it again.

[@savagepanda8458]

How is this torture? You think you know more than the keepers who spend every day taking care of animals who they love as much as their own family?

[@samer820]

Exactly! I don't understand it either. why put a lovely panda in prison cage?... China has all pandas in the wide open field to play around and cuddle with the trainers.