'Curious about world': Panda cub appears live on 'panda cam' at Washington's National Zoo

A giant panda cub, on January 27, me his debut at Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, appearing live on 'Panda Cam' as zoo is closed because of coronavirus pandemic.  Xiao Qi Ji, who was born last year to Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, has left conservationists and zoo officials thrilled. Experts h previously thought that 22-year-old Mei Xiang, who was brought from China, was incompetent to produce anor cub.

National Zoo recently struck a new extension of its longstanding agreement with Chinese government allowing giant pandas to remain in Washington for anor three years. In video that was shared by zoo on its official website, Xiao Qi Ji was seen romping up his toys and munching on his first solid food-sweet potatoes.

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"Just like his mor, Mei Xiang, our giant panda cub Xiao Qi Ji is curious yet cautious about world around him. Yesterday— day our cub turned five months old—we decided to introduce him to something new. Using a piece of bamboo shred as a spoon, we scraped some cooked sweet potato onto end, n handed it over to Xiao Qi Ji. He grabbed bamboo in his mouth, paused for a moment to take in new taste, n lay back and licked remainder. When we offered him more, he wouldn’t stop nibbling on it!" wrote zoo. 

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Oldest giant panda dies

Meanwhile, in sdening news, world’s oldest captive panda, Xinxing died at age of 38 at China’s Chongqing Zoo, confirmed a news release on zoo’s official WeChat page. “ world's longest-lived captive giant panda "Xinxing" died at 13:25 noon on December 8, 2020”, said release. As per release, panda first fell sick on October 21, when he was lethargic and unwilling to eat. After that, he faced issues like Difficulty breathing, coughing, and unstey standing.