By MOOK Scenic Spots Family Travel Life Network, reported and compiled by Chen Guanxin
"Yuan Zai" has been alive for 122 days since birth, with gradually stronger limbs and a weight that has surpassed 8 kilograms. Although the weather has turned cooler recently, whenever there is sunshine, the caretakers take "Yuan Zai" outdoors for sunbathing to enjoy the warm rays; at first, "Yuan Zai" would sunbathe inside a box, but it certainly wasn’t obedient, always trying to run outside. Now the caretakers have started training it to move around on a perch made of acacia wood; encountering natural wood for the first time, "Yuan Zai" curiously looked around, occasionally nibbling or sniffing the wood. Meanwhile, the Taipei City Zoo’s official website also launched an online live broadcast of the giant pandas this month, allowing netizens to directly enjoy Yuan Zai’s cute appearance via the internet.
To learn about Yuan Zai’s adorable daily life, you can watch the live stream online through the zoo’s official website. (Image source / from Taipei City Zoo’s official website)
Every morning, the caretakers weigh "Yuan Zai", and during this time, its mother goes next door for breakfast; if the weather is nice, they take "Yuan Zai" outside for some sun, then bring it back to its mother, although "Yuan Yuan" usually finishes her breakfast first before feeding "Yuan Zai", so sometimes "Yuan Zai" ends up playing until it falls asleep from exhaustion. When its mother "Yuan Yuan" is not around, Yuan Zai also finds its own ways to entertain itself, so occasionally you’ll see it curiously sticking to a stainless steel water basin, effortlessly climbing onto the large scale used to weigh its mother, chasing after the caretakers, or clinging to their calves.
The energetic Yuan Zai clings tightly to the caretaker’s calf. (Image source / from Taipei City Zoo’s official website)
The panda live broadcast started on November 1st, airing daily from 16:00 to 17:00. Online viewers can watch the activities of the panda family, and may even catch "Yuan Zai" taking a nap, crawling around, interacting with its mother "Yuan Yuan", or seeing its father "Tuan Tuan" being mischievous; in fact, "Yuan Zai" spends much of its time sleeping and resting on bamboo leaf beds, just like a baby, with a high proportion of sleep time, but when awake, it is very lively and active; at these times, you might see it curiously sticking to a round stainless steel water bowl, going to find its mother, rolling around on the bamboo bed, being affectionately carried back to the bamboo bed by its mother, or having its bottom licked by its mother to help it defecate; sometimes if you see "Yuan Zai" squirming in its mother’s embrace, it might just be nursing.
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