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Anonymous Posted 18 years ago
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Mei Lang, a baby panda

The youngest baby panda in the is named Mei Lan. It means “Atlanta Beauty”.

Mei Lan was born on September 6, 2006, weighing about 0.25 pounds. Now Mei Lan weighs about 12 pounds! She is the fifth giant panda born in an American zoo in the last six years.

Last week, Mei Lan stood up on her own. She should be walking later this month or in early January. Soon after Mei Lan takes her first steps, the public will be able to meet her. Until then, people can see Mei Lan and her mother, Lun Lun, through the zoo’s webcam or in a video.

The father, Yang Yang, can’t live together with the mother and the baby.

There are only 1,590 giant pandas in the wild today. Most pandas in the wild live in the mountains. It’s safer there than near towns or cities. Another 180 pandas live in zoos, mostly in .

Another two American zoos, and Memphis National, also have giant pandas.
  
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