Panda babies are traditionally named on their 100th day birthday. Zoo Atlanta's Pandas are no exception. Five name combinations have been selected and the public has the opportunity though the ZooAtlanta.org website to vote for their favorite.
RMS 7th graders are excited because our annual zoo field trip coincides with the naming day, of October 23rd.
Five sets of Chinese names and meanings have been selected by Zoo Atlanta colleagues at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. The contenders are as follows:
*****Visit http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/article_content/cub_voting_begins for your opportunity to vote
RMS 7th graders are excited because our annual zoo field trip coincides with the naming day, of October 23rd.
Five sets of Chinese names and meanings have been selected by Zoo Atlanta colleagues at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China. The contenders are as follows:
- Mei Lun (may loon) and Mei Hua (may hwaa), meaning “Lun Lun’s twin cubs born in the U.S.;”
- Mei Lun (may loon) and Mei Huan (may hwaan), originating from a Chinese idiom that also means “something indescribably beautiful and magnificent;”
- Tian Lun (tee-an loon) and Tian Le (tee-an luh), a modified version of another Chinese idiom meaning “joy of family life” or “family happiness;”
- Lan Tian (lan tee-an) and Bi Shui (bee shway), meaning “blue sky and clear water;” and
- Da Lan (dah lan) and Xiao Lan (sheow lan), meaning “bigger one (a reference to the larger Cub B) and smaller one (Cub A) of Atlanta-born twins.”
*****Visit http://www.zooatlanta.org/home/article_content/cub_voting_begins for your opportunity to vote