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小涵
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Post by 小涵 » 2007-07-04 2:45

一个老师的15岁宝贝女儿去卧龙做志愿者。 今天经北京回湾区。 小姑娘叫Amanda, 小ABC, 从小对熊猫特别有感情, 她妈妈说是Amanda Panda rhyme的缘故。 她爸妈找了朋友,帮她争取了暑假去卧龙做志愿者的机会。妈妈两周前把她送到卧龙,买了食堂的饭票菜票之后掉头就走。前天去卧龙把她接出来的。 从成都到卧龙早上7点出发,中午12点到。她妈妈来回卧龙两次,都没有见到一只熊猫,因为中午1145-245是午休的时间。 为什么午休这么长时间哪? 因为熊猫们每天这个时候都要午睡 :sleeping:

小姑娘在卧龙住了两个星期。 只洗了两次澡。 保护区内条件还是很差的。 洗澡需要自己去厨房烧水。 然后提到厕所里去。 两个星期不见, 小圆脸变成小瓜子脸了。她比划给我看每天中午吃一大碗白米饭,几乎不吃菜, 因为吃不太惯。不过保护区里的师傅们对她很好,基本每天都有人带她回家去吃晚饭。

每天的生活就是7点起床, 食堂的早饭是稀饭,吃不惯,啃一块饼干,然后跟着师傅去拖竹子喂熊猫。 她和师傅一起照顾两只熊猫,然后白天要帮熊猫们打扫playground, 还有每个熊猫的笼子。 师傅很年轻, 24岁。保护区里绝大多数的师傅都很年轻。 结了婚成了家绝大多数就呆不下去了。

我问小姑娘,你的熊猫认识你吗?她说,每两天就混熟了, 看见她走过笼子, 就朝她走过去,要吃的。 熊猫吃的主要是竹子,一捆一捆扎好了放在仓库里。 她每天主要的工作就是去仓库给自己照管的熊猫拖竹子。 熊猫还吃一种特殊的面包,是UC San Diego 和保护区一起研制的,主要是给熊猫补充维生素,用竹子,淀粉,等一起做的。我问她有没有偷偷尝过面包什么味,她说,想是想过的,但师傅不让, 说是熊猫吃的,不是人吃的 :hum:

她在那儿的时候,保护区有个师傅被熊猫挠伤了。还好不是特别严重。我问为啥熊猫要挠师傅,她说, 师傅要训练熊猫,我顿时脑海中出现了熊猫马戏团的场景。 不过她马上说,只有母熊猫才要训练,公熊猫不用。 我和她妈妈一起说,这太不公平了, 为什么公熊猫不用! 小姑娘解释说,训练是让熊猫背躺在地上,然后工作人员去摸她的肚子。 这是什么训练 :headscratch: 小姑娘接着解释说,因为母熊猫将来要做超声波, 所以要做这样的训练。 但这是唯一的训料,别的就不用了。

公熊猫和母熊猫一般分开住, 公熊猫有两个playground,一个室内的,一个室外的。母熊猫只有一个。 我和她妈妈又说,这太不公平了。凭什么亚 :lol: 小姑娘想了想说,母熊猫也有特殊照顾的,母熊猫做训料的时候就有竹笋吃,公熊猫就没有liao3.

我还好奇地问, 光看能区分出公母来吗? 她说,至少她还不太能。不过公熊猫比较懒特别喜欢睡觉,经常在那里蒙头大睡。但不睡觉的时候,喜欢爬上爬下。 而母熊猫比较喜欢坐着。 :lol:

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Post by Knowing » 2007-07-05 8:10

That's so cute.
But I seriously doubt if panda will ever survive in the wild again. I just read somewhere a panda died in the wild after several years of survival skill training ... :shock:
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Post by 森林的火焰 » 2007-07-05 8:30

熊猫这样的生物是进化的盲端,对食物甚至交配的温度有诸多挑剔,幼崽十分娇气很难存活,就算是没有收进过笼子里,在自然界中也已经是注定要灭亡的了。
熊猫作为生物的有趣之处不仅是它憨头憨脑的很好玩,还在它们的遗传十分稳定,变数不多――所有的熊猫的毛色斑纹都几乎一样,不象老虎、斑马。。。当然,遗传多样性的流失,也许是熊猫越来越难在自然界中生存的原因。希望有一天,中国可以把熊猫的测序图谱做出来。拿别的很多哺乳动物的基因跟熊猫比,可能有很有趣的结果。
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Post by Jun » 2007-07-05 9:18

The panda in DC zoo, Meixiang, might be pregnant again. We're all anxiously waiting for her to give birth -- expected any time now. The kicker is that nobody knows for sure whether she is pregnant or not until she actually gives birth. Last time when she had Taishan, the newborn was as tiny as a piece of turd. She just popped it out. :mrgreen:

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Post by 豪情 » 2007-07-05 11:12

kicker is that nobody knows for sure whether she is pregnant or not until she actually gives birth.
There is ultrasound. :lol:

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Post by Jun » 2007-07-05 11:47

Ultrasound doesn't work on pandas, apparently. I think the fetus, if it is there, is too small to detect. Plus they probably don't want to put mama panda under heavy sedation to do the sonogram. Another way to detect pregnancy is test hormone levels, but pandas can have false pregnancies. They may have elevated hormones that mimic pregnancy even if they are not pregnant. Almost as if they just want to make life harder for humans who love pandas!

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Post by 豪情 » 2007-07-05 13:28

小姑娘解释说,训练是让熊猫背躺在地上,然后工作人员去摸她的肚子。 这是什么训练 小姑娘接着解释说,因为母熊猫将来要做超声波, 所以要做这样的训练。
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Post by Jun » 2007-07-05 13:35

1? Strange! :shock: The TV program I saw about Taishan said it was impossible for National Zoo's people to tell whether Meixiang was pregnant. And they even sent workers to 卧龙 to learn artificial insemination. That's why there was an anxious anticipation before Taishan and again now. Is she pregnant? Is she only falsely pregnant?
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Post by 豪情 » 2007-07-05 13:50

Probably this technology is subject to export control and requires export license for knowledge transfer. 8)

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Post by DeBeers » 2007-07-05 21:38

I heard from the radio said the ultrasound couldn't tell if she's pregnant or not. So they are back on testing hormones now. :-P
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Post by qinger » 2007-07-05 21:52

这个暑期实践真有意思。我们上中学时也要求社会实践,结果都是临了让父母到某单位开个证明,然后借来宣传科的材料参考凑出一千字。
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Post by Jun » 2007-07-07 5:59

The news just came out -- she's not pregnant. Darn. :(

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