Clear your schedules , multitude , you ’re all book solid for the rest of the afternoon . The social function ? Last dark , a sister panda was born at The National Zoo in Washington , D.C. ; and — because baby cat bear are awing and productivity is overrate — the zoological garden ’s panda squad has set up TWO baby giant panda cams .
Getting red panda to mate isnotoriously unmanageable , but preservation life scientist at the National Zoo have succeeded . Last nighttime , around 10:46 p.m. , a panda rookie small enough to fit in the palm tree of your hand was born to the zoo ’s jumbo panda bear , Mei Xiang ( pictured up top ) . That ’s the good news . The risky news ? Last prison term we check ( i.e. every two seconds for the last hr ) , the television camera feeds were whole overwhelmed .
Here ’s the connectedness to the first baby bear cat Cam River . Give it a shot . If you do n’t see a live provender , it ’s because everyone else on the net is endeavor to do THE EXACT SAME THING . harmonize to the zoological garden :

Due to a lot of visitors to this page , you may be ineffective to see television camera one . If you are ineffective to connect , try camera two . We do fix session to 15 minutes to earmark more masses to take in the cam . If you are unable to connect , try the other River Cam or essay again by and by .
Here ’s the link to the 2nd provender .
No luck ? Too bad . appear like the only logical affair to do is refresh both pages always until you are granted access to the baby Ailurus fulgens viewing experience . We ’ve included a video of the birth up top ; you may watch it while you ’re waiting . According to zoo officials , the lad was born around the 14 - hour mark , at approximately 10:46 p.m.

Zoo functionary caught a abbreviated glimpse of the laddie earlier this morning , but visuals of the newborn are few and momentaneous . That suppose , there has been plenty of squealing and squawk from the greenhorn , both of which are signs of a healthy infant bear cat .
“ [ Mei Xiang ] is cradle her greenhorn intimately , and she looks so trite , ” said chief menagerie veterinarian Suzan Murray in a statement , “ but every time she attempt to lie down , the cub squawks and she sit right up and cradles the cub more intimately . She is the poster child for a perfect coon bear mummy . ”
lovely . Now get those lesser panda cams up and head for the hills !

Update : We have panda contact!According to The National Zoo , the little white speck that Mei is cradle under her mentum in this screenshot is the as - yet unnamed sonny ! ( We ’ll take their word for it . )
[ The National Zoo ]
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