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US born Panda Bao Bao Begins New Life in Southwest China

Bao Bao, a giant panda born in the United States, has begun its new life in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s Sichuan Province, after more than 16 hours of flight from the U.S. on Tuesday. Like other giant pandas that were born and raised overseas, the three-year-old female is facing a series of challenges in her new home. After health check by staff members of Chengdu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau on Wednesday morning, Bao Bao now stays in a 100-square-meter enclosure at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda where it’ll be kept isolated for the month-long quarantine. Breeders said understanding commands in Sichuan dialect is an challenge for the U.S.-born panda, and they will train it to react commands in Chinese intonation later. "It doesn’t react to our commands on eating food. It needs more time to acquaint with breeders here. Now it just understands English commands," said a breeder. Moreover, Bao Bao will be expected to adapt to local bamboo and Chinese-style bread. Now it always throws the Chinese-style bread aside, just eating puffing biscuits, said breeders. "We gradually reduce the amount of biscuits, and increase the amount of our bread," said a breeder. For its health assessment, breeders here are required to record the giant panda's daily feed intake, fecal output, movement and other behaviors. So far, Bao Bao is reportedly in good health condition though it seems a little bit nervous in her indoor habitat. Bao Bao, which means "precious" or "treasure" in Chinese, was born on August 23, 2013 at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C., the second panda to be born there. She is the 11th overseas-born panda to return to China. Bao Bao's mother Mei Xiang and father Tian Tian moved to the zoo in 2000 under a collaboration agreement between China and the United States. Under the agreement, panda cubs born in the United States to parents on loan from China must be returned to China before they are four years old. Their first born, Tai Shan, came in 2005, and their third, Bei Bei, was born in 2015. The mating pair and their youngest cub remain in Washington. http://www.cctvplus.com/news/20170224... Subscribe us on Youtube:    / cctvplus   CCTV+ official website: http://www.cctvplus.com/ LinkedIn:   / cctv-news-content   Facebook:   / newscontent.cctvplus   Twitter:   / cctv_plus