{"id":108668,"date":"2025-01-25T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T18:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/giant-pandas-bao-li-and-qing-bao-make-public-debut-at-national-zoo\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T18:03:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T18:03:22","slug":"giant-pandas-bao-li-and-qing-bao-make-public-debut-at-national-zoo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/giant-pandas-bao-li-and-qing-bao-make-public-debut-at-national-zoo\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao make public debut at National Zoo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2025-01-25\/Getty_12525_QingBao.jpg\" alt><figcaption>Female giant panda Qing Bao eats bamboo in her enclosure at the National Zoo on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>(WASHINGTON) &#8212; Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian&#8217;s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in Washington, D.C., ahead of Lunar New Year next week.<\/p>\n<p>Bao Li and Qing Bao, both 3, are emerging from quarantine and are featured in the newly relaunched <a href=\"https:\/\/nationalzoo.si.edu\/webcams\/panda-cam\">giant panda cam<\/a>, which consists of 40 cameras that will be operated live between the hours of 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>The superstar pandas traveled from China and arrived in the U.S. on Oct. 15, 2024. National Zoo members had the opportunity to see the pandas in a special preview held between Jan. 10 and Jan. 19, a period that gave the giant pandas time to acclimate to their new home.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bao Li and Qing Bao have already won the hearts of our staff and volunteers, and we are excited to welcome panda fans back to the Zoo &#8212; the only place in the nation where you can see giant pandas for free &#8212; and celebrate the newest chapter of our giant panda breeding and conservation program,&#8221; Brandie Smith, the John and Adrienne Mars Director of the National Zoo, said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.edu\/newsdesk\/releases\/giant-pandas-will-make-their-public-debut-jan-24-smithsonians-national-zoo-and\">news release<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They&#8217;re very active and they&#8217;re just a lot of fun and obviously super cute,&#8221; zookeeper Mariel Lally told ABC News previously about the two pandas.<\/p>\n<p>The National Zoo will host a series of public events and programs celebrating the giant pandas between Jan. 25 and Feb. 9, including a Lunar New Year event. Some Washington, D.C., hotels are even offering panda-themed packages with amenities such as stuffed toy pandas, roundtrip transportation to the zoo and panda-themed beverages.<\/p>\n<p>Panda enthusiasts can see the giant pandas for free at the National Zoo, the only zoo in the U.S. where visitors can see the animals free of charge.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Female giant panda Qing Bao eats bamboo in her enclosure at the National Zoo on January 24, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker\/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) &#8212; Giant pandas Bao Li and Qing Bao made their long-awaited public debut at the Smithsonian&#8217;s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute in<span class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/giant-pandas-bao-li-and-qing-bao-make-public-debut-at-national-zoo\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156,31,2],"tags":[273,271,276,274,270,123,275,133,124,272,102,103],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108668"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108668"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108668\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lascrucestoday.com\/newstalklc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}