Tuesday, February 14, 2006

Butterstick discovers snow


For those that have yet to be exposed to the national sensation known as Butterstick, prepare yourself. Baby pandas are not only extremely rare, but they will make even the coldest heart talk wike dis. Yes he will! Yes he will! Ooshabooboojoojoo!

He's just a wittle guy

Anyway, Butterstick (aka Tai-Shan) is now seven months old and has had the entire D.C. area under his spell since the day he was born. Someone needs to commission a GAO report tracking government productivity levels in relation to increased traffic on the National Zoo's panda-cams.

All the pandas with clean feet say Ho-oooooooooh!

The recent (what is it, a-) Blizzard gave Buttersttick his first taste of snow. Witness the little bugger's face-melting cuteness as he wrassles with mama bear in the snow.


Chinese conservationists estimate there are only 1,600 giant pandas left roaming the mountain forests of central China. Another 120 are in Chinese breeding facilities and zoos, and about 20 live in zoos outside China. Butterstick's folks, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, are at the National Zoo on a ten-year loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association. Hooray for randy pandas.

2. Happy Valentine's Day lovers. This Jens' is for you.

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