The newest addition to the Taipei Zoo’s Giant Panda House is already a month old! The cub has come a long way since she was first born just a month ago, but zookeepers have even more exciting plans for her future!
Taipei Zoo’s baby panda is now a month old! The little cub earned the nickname “Rou Rou,” which sounds like “gentle” or “chubby” in Chinese. Rou Rou has come a long way since she was born. She’s now an impressive 1,134 grams!
The zoo says that Rou Rou grew by 21 grams just six hours after being born. The next day, she grew by 28 grams in ten hours! This might seem like an impressive growth spurt, but the zoo says it’s normal for a baby panda.
Zookeepers returned Rou Rou to her mother for a few hours a day beginning on July 23. Rou Rou is more in her element around good old mom. She drinks a bit of milk, and then it’s naptime for both mom and daughter.
What’s next for Rou Rou? Well, it’s time to give her an official name! Taipei Zoo says that people can vote on what Rou Rou’s actual name will be. There will be two rounds of voting -- a preliminary round to narrow down the field -- and then a final round to decide what the panda’s actual name will be.
Whatever her name may be, you can’t deny that this baby panda is stu-pandas-ly cute.
