A screenshot taken from the Nationwide Zoo’s feed of the enormous pandas exhibits one of many 3-year-old bears taking part in within the present.
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The Nationwide Zoo’s newest giant panda residents basked within the downpour of snow that blanketed Washington, D.C., on Monday, giving onlookers a view into the playtime of the 2 furry bears forward of their Jan. 24 public debut.
Video posted by the Nationwide Zoo confirmed 3-year-olds Bao Li, a boy; and Qing Bao, a lady, rolling round within the still-falling flurries and climbing up bushes, seeming to benefit from the first D.C. snow of the yr.
“This morning, about 5 inches of snow blanketed the Washington, D.C., space, together with big panda Bao Li and Qing Bao’s out of doors habitats,” the zoo wrote on X. “Flakes caught to their fur because the bears frolicked and somersaulted.”
❄️🐼 Tumbling in a winter wonderland! This morning, about 5 inches of snow blanketed the Washington, D.C., space, together with big panda Bao Li and Qing Bao’s out of doors habitats. Flakes caught to their fur because the bears frolicked and somersaulted. It was 🐾paws-itively the panda… pic.twitter.com/MhgkM2ZyBd
— Nationwide Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 6, 2025
Pandas are native to mountainous areas of China the place, according to Zoo Atlanta, temperatures can get chilly. However the bears’ thick fur helps shield them from the antagonistic impacts of chilly climate.
Whereas the pandas made the perfect of the frozen wonderland, elsewhere throughout the Midwest and mid-Atlantic, the snow wreaked havoc on each day commutes and energy grids.
Officers throughout the affected areas warned individuals to remain indoors amid at the least 4 fatalities and dozens of accidents attributable to the most important snowstorm.
