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Did you ever wish you could play a part in naming an adorable zoo animal? If so, head on over to the Binder Park Zoo website, donate one dollar towards the zoo’s species survival program and vote on your favorite name for this adorable little red panda.
The choices and their translations are: Dagan, meaning grain of rice in Hebrew; Connolly meaning fierce in Gaelic; Reid meaning red-haired in Gaelic; Xu (pronounced “shoe”) meaning to snort in Chinese; and Di meaning younger brother in Chinese.
Which one would you choose? Personally, I like Di.
The little red pandas could use a cat flap! The smart one knows that the secret is the doorknob, but its …just …so …far …away! -via The Daily What
Update: Now with music!
When rare red pandas in China were abandoned by their mother, zookeepers looked high and low for a wet nurse. The farmer’s dog pictured was one of three candidates for the wet nurse position.
“No one knew she was pregnant. Her plump body and bushy hair disguised her protruding belly until the babies were born,” said Ha.
