http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch The latest news on the Atlanta Zoo's Panda cub and parents. en-us spoole@ajc.com 2008-12-08T12:25:13-05:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 The latest news on the Atlanta Zoo's Panda cub and parents. http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2008/12/08/baby_panda_gets_a_name.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Say hello to Xi Lan (pronounced shee-lahn), which means “Atlanta’s joy.” Officials at Zoo Atlanta have settled on a name for the newest panda cub The name means Atlanta’s joy. Young Xi Lan got his name in a ceremony at... 9327103@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2008-12-08T12:25:13-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/09/08/mei_lan_unfazed_by_city_honors.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Imagine you’re the type of local luminary who can’t get through any restaurant in town without stopping to shake hands and slap backs. Despite the demands for your time, you’re up bright and early on a Saturday to preside over... 193613@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-09-08T14:27:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/09/06/mei_lan_snoozes_at_1st_birthda.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Under a white tented pavilion today, dignitaries such as Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle clustered at Zoo Atlanta to commemorate panda cub Mei Lan’s first birthday. As news cameras panned the scene, a puppeteer hoisted a... 193151@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-09-06T13:49:54-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/09/06/fans_embrace_their_inner_panda.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Mark Strozier of Fairburn wore his heart on his sleeve this morning — as well as his t-shirt and hat. Mei Lan mania does that to a guy, said Strozier. Today, the Zoo Atlanta panda cub’s first birthday, Strozier took... 193111@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ Daily updates 2007-09-06T10:40:18-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/08/30/happy_birthday.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Wish Zoo Atlanta’s baby panda Mei Lan a happy first birthday. If you have used the birthday card generator please post the entire line of text from the e-mail you received in the blog so others can read your card.... 191779@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-08-30T11:50:07-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/05/03/the_cutest_thief_of_all.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Mei Lan has developed a case of sticky paws. She’s a purloining panda, a sneak, a thief. In recent days, Zoo Atlanta’s baby giant panda has been swiping the biscuits zookeepers give her mother, Lun Lun. If mom turns her... 162954@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-05-03T16:12:09-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/05/01/zoo_attendance_soars.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Attendance this year at Zoo Atlanta is up 32 percent from the same time as last year, thanks in large part to a little panda. The Georgia Aquarium reports a 25 percent drop in attendance for the same period, a... 162292@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-05-01T19:48:20-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/03/28/mei_lan_snubs_outdoor_area.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Mei Lan, Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda cub, was supposed to step into her outdoor habitat early Wednesday morning. She didn’t. Maybe it was the pollen, a pernicious fog that has settled on Atlanta like a yellow blanket. Maybe it was... 148234@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-03-28T10:26:25-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/03/27/make_your_pandaviewing_plans_n.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch The forecast for Wednesday: furry; antics in the morning; snoozing in the afternoon; intermittent gasps of admiration all day. Mei Lan, the baby giant panda cub at Zoo Atlanta, is ready to expand her environment at Zoo Atlanta. She’s making... 147959@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-03-27T12:14:41-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/03/23/mei_lan_getting_new_play_spot.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch It’s always like this when you get the place ready for a toddler. You have to make sure the kid won’t fall in the tub and drown. Heavy stuff? Bolt it down. John Spink/AJC Lun Lun nuzzles Mei Lan as... 147143@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-03-23T12:50:04-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/02/28/zoo_atlanta_staying_in_grant_p.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Zoo Atlanta will remain in Grant Park and not move to the old fairgrounds at Lakewood, the zoo’s board chairman said today. Instead, the zoo will redesign its current site and possibly add a few more acres from parking lots... 139959@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-02-28T09:33:20-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/02/22/timed_tickets_for_mei_lan_go_o.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch Your chance to see Mei Lan, Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda cub, just got easier and, in some cases, more expensive. Although Mei Lan has been on view since Jan. 12, during “preview” days, the zoo will begin selling timed tickets... 138340@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-02-22T12:47:41-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/02/15/mei_lan_rocket_panda_cub_thwar.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch She rolls. She rollicks. She runs. Mei Lan can do just about anything these days. Except sit still. That’s just asking too much of Zoo Atlanta’s 5-month-old baby giant panda. (See more panda video) Zoo officials conducted their weekly checkup... 136101@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-02-15T11:19:31-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/02/08/the_steady_and_ready_teddy.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch She’s growing steadily, playing readily, this little bear that so resembles a teddy. That’s Mei Lan, of course, Zoo Atlanta’s baby giant panda, who underwent her weekly checkup Thursday. She’s in the pink. That’s the color of her nose, resting... 134021@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-02-08T13:12:26-05:00 http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/entries/2007/02/01/whats_in_a_name_funny_you_shou.html?cxntfid=blogs_panda_watch You could say that Mei Lan, Zoo Atlanta’s baby panda cub, is one in a million. You’d be wrong, too. Technically, the tiny growler growing under her mama’s protective gaze is two in a million. Another panda, a bruiser from... 131845@http://www.ajc.com/living/content/shared-blogs/ajc/pandas/ 2007-02-01T17:18:59-05:00