Wild Inside the National Zoo: Bao Bao's First Year

In the first episode of our web series, Wild Inside the National Zoo, we track a year in the life of the zoo's biggest star.
From the Series: Wild Inside the National Zoo: Bao Bao's First Year bit.ly/2y9cV9F

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Happy birthday Bao Bao! The National Zoo's giant #panda cub is celebrating her first birthday today. To celebrate, we're kicking off our new web series, Wild Inside the National Zoo, starring the birthday girl herself: bit.ly/1tkXXDN #BaoBao

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Bao Bao's first year has been flying by at the Smithsonian's National Zoo! This little panda turns 1 on Saturday. Check in on Bao and see how she's been progressing:

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There are fewer than 2,000 pandas on the planet - that's just one of the many reasons that Bao Bao is so special. Watch her grow up in this web-exclusive from Wild Inside the National Zoo: bit.ly/1tkXXDN #BaoBao

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Did you know there are fewer than 2,000 giant pandas in the world? That's just one reason Bao Bao is so special. Celebrate her first year with this look back: bit.ly/1tkXXDN

[@sprinklefriend]

+William Bradford part of it may be that although the numbers of pandas in captivity has unquestionably soared over the past couple of decades (relatively speaking), there have been questions over wild pandas. aside from the fact that it's impossible to know for certain how many animals of any kind are in the wild (for obvious reasons), there have been factors very recently that actually could've made their numbers fall rather than rise. first of all, there's the matter of the pandas' natural habitat. they cannot survive in the wild where there is not ample bamboo forest, and this is steadily disappearing due to population growth & pollution. (some also say climate change is an issue but i don't know enough about that or its potential relation to bamboo forests to comment further.) also, in 2008 there was a MAJOR earthquake in the very area of china that holds not only the world's leading panda reserve & conservation center, but also where wild pandas live. we know that 1 captive panda, Mao Mao, was confirmed killed at the reserve when the wall of her enclosure crushed her, and another panda went missing and (as far as i know) was never found, though was presumed killed (again, this may have been confirmed since i last checked - they may have found the panda or its body). the number of WILD pandas killed by the quake is unknown. i don't know much about the environmental impact of the earthquake on the wild animals or bamboo forests, but i do know that this could only have hurt rather than helped the wild pandas. like you said, it's better to estimate too low rather than too high and become so confident that the world relaxes, only to find out that actually the situation is more critical than we thought.

[@tallisonrausch5719]

Her expression so precious when enjoying sweet potato on the scale. What a cutie!!!

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Experience the first year of the National Zoo's biggest star: the giant panda cub Bao Bao. From Wild Inside the National Zoo: bit.ly/1tkXXDN

[@cshea]

Thank you for the awesome video on Bao Bao and her mama Mei Xiang! She is so loved by so many......Happy First Birthday Princess Bao Bao!

[@lanielibunao3455]

Pandas are like Zen animals.....you feel relaxed just by watching at them. That's why they are always the super stars of the Zoo. Keep being healthy, BaoBao!

[@lanielibunao3455]

She is almost the same age as Yuan Zai of the Taipei Zoo: an equally adorable and delightful cub; Her mom Yuan Yuan is also a doting mother.

[@izharfatima5295]

There's no doubts about the part played in their preservation but there are things which shouldn't have been and could be changed now by not feeling questioned.

[@shirleyw4366]

Thanks for the wonderful stories about Bao Bao. I just love Bao Bao, her Mom & her Dad..!!

[@toodleloo2253]

So exciting that Beautiful Bao Bao reportedly had her first cub in China in 2020!! :)

[@Papershields001]

Oh man this series is gonna be awesome!

[@Robin-xt7yo]

Being a panda keeper is such a cool job! I would do it for free!

[@pablopineda1943]

LO MAXIMO BAO BAO TE ADORO...

[@elizabethroedell885]

Happy Birthday, Bao Bao. 🎈. Thanks for sharing.

[@joeksey]

Glad to see she grows and being energetic!

[@Jan96106]

So sweet. Tears of joy for Bao Bao.

[@kitty62862]

Adorable!

[@vivlc71]

So beautiful

[@celinecisnero6053]

Bao bao lives in washington right?

[@Pachifan90]

Washington DC at the Smithsonian National Zoo :) She's so adorable up close.

[@Nisatu27]

She's so cute!!!

[@stonezad4131]

Cool! cute~

[@graceyang6513]

看了最近宝宝的视频，非常伤心。宝宝得了人类精神病一样的病，不停地重复一个动作。虽然她已经生了三个孩子，但她病得已经无力照顾自己的孩子。

[@___beyondhorizon4664]

Panda's life is better than humans life

[@VERSUSxMETIN]

Why FuBu let him go?

[@sunnaeclio4270]

Bao bao left thee baby🤣🤣🤣

[@jackiebrown9645]

Thank you so much your done a Wonderful thing Bless you all at the Zoo ❤👏🖐💘🐼🐼

[@martysmith5260]

Gotta give credit to Pres. Nixon. His legacy is not all bad.

[@aRe4iq9o]

Nice

[@chloesgaming6099]

bao bao is so cute

[@memegamer8002]

Cute little panda cubs are so cute

[@anitamaris5485]

Beautiful !🐼🐼🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🤩🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@wellplayed9772]

they dont have Nanny like Chinesse have

[@izharfatima5295]

There shouldn't be bars and cages. When they need to come down of the tree and go inside they'd do it they don't need to be disciplined.