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Aug 29, 2008

Happy Squirtday!

The birth of a giant panda cub has been caught on camera at Oji Zoo in Kobe, Japan! It's squirt-licious. (Ew!)

Watch the whole video here...

Kinda gross, Kobe Oji Zoo! Sender-Inner Grace J. "May Day", thanks for this serious McSquirmersons.

Posted by Meg on August 29, 2008 in Bears , Gee-ross! | Permalink

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBLEEEEEEEN!: ButtaRumCake; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:34 AM

*looks @ video* *GAGBLEEN*: ButtaRumCake; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:35 AM

She doesn't seem to know what to do with it at first, does she? Luff the squawking.: warrior rabbit; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:37 AM

I want a baby panda!!!: A; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:41 AM

my eyes O_o .. anyone else reminded of the movie Alien??: katiedid; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM

So tiny yet so fierce!: Tiina; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:42 AM

that was the first airborne projectile birth I have ever seen... *Splort*!: Magzdilla; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:45 AM

STOP SQUIRMING! LOL. Panda cubs are the most unlikely looking lil dewds!: Zaferina; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:50 AM

Anybody else reminded of the baby from Eraserhead? Bless its heart.: Dobermama; | Aug 29, 2008 at 11:55 AM

Man, pandas got it right! "What do you mean, "labor"? I pop 'em out at about 1/500 my size. Yup, just one." Except for that whole endangered-and-unable-to-ramp-up-your-numbers thing.: Joe; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:00 PM

I love how the momma tries to pick him up with her mouth, but he's too squirmy, and once she does get him into her arms, he quiets right down. And, if this vid doesn't make you cry, you are dead inside.: snusnu; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:02 PM

i'm sorry to be a party pooper, but the cub has passed away after 3 days.: kat; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:11 PM

MAN! Pandas have it easy. I'd have at least eleven of my own baby pandas if we could do it that easy. Oh well.: catluvr; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM

lawds, that was quick! *jealous*: claudia; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:12 PM

Kinda gross? What's gross about the miracle of birth? GROSS is that Karl Lagerfield $1400 Teddy Bear!! THAT left a truly bad taste in my mouth!!: Carolina; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:15 PM

didn't make me cry, guess I'm dead inside oh, well, there's more room for chocolate inside an empty shell unburdened by working organs [Nobody NEEDS chocolate... *snerk* - Ed.]: warrior rabbit; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:25 PM

Wow! I had no idea a baby panda is so small when born! Too bad he didn't survive. :(: Becky; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:30 PM

Right at this moment, I feel so grateful to have opposable thumbs. So conweenient.: Redzilla; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:31 PM

I thought the last thirty seconds were very sweet, she was clearly thinking "stop squirming around and let me feed you!", lol.: darkshines; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:32 PM

This is a BIRTH? Come on! First mammal I've ever seen without an umbilical cord.: Sparky; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:39 PM

emmmmmm, how come, how come, how come, there's no birth cord or anything? The cub is really clean. Am I a biology dummy, sry? Other than that, some tough little panda, and mama panda is quite confused and whiny :P @claudia, me jealous too! my friend just had an over 10pd baby boy. It took her over a day!: helen; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:41 PM

@Carolina, childbirth is pretty gross, imho. Something can be amazing and gross at the same time; they don't have to be mutually exclusive traits. Really, most everything (i.e. a substance) that exits the body is gross. Think about it.: warrior rabbit; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:43 PM

If birth was that easy for hoomans I'd have twenty kids! I gotta admit the HUGE teefs nipping at the bebeh made my heart skip a beat or two. I figured she'd be gentle but still...: momof2kitties; | Aug 29, 2008 at 12:47 PM

the panda baby is not dead: http://mdn.mainichi.jp/national/news/20080827p2a00m0na003000c.html http://www.asahi.com/english/Herald-asahi/TKY200808280057.html These were published two and one day ago, respectively. Maybe kat was confused! The wrigglesons lives in all of his small, projectiled, umbilical-less glory!: kerrymc; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:01 PM

There is also good news at the Atlanta Zoo: Lun Lun is preggers again! http://www.zooatlanta.org/zoo_news_panda_birthwatch_08.htm This means we get to (hopefully) watch a new baby pandacam this fall!! w00t!: cheshirepat; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:07 PM

@kerrymc: But if you google 'panda japan' at news.google.com, you'll see several just-hours-old articles about its unfortunate passing. Too sad. :(: warrior rabbit; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:23 PM

I love the way she looks at it. "What in the hell... ?": anniepoonanny; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:31 PM

from now on, if there's a cute animal in a video, i don't want to know if it dies. People who want to tell people that should write in big font at the top of their post, "read this only if you want your heartbroken." Then i'll be able to stay in my happy little world of baby panda squeals.: Jen; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:35 PM

That thing literally LEPT FORTH from her womb. That was eerie! But yeah, no cord, no clean-up? Easiest birth EVAR.: Amanda; | Aug 29, 2008 at 01:47 PM

Sad!I'm with Jen, if you find out a bebeh dies, I don't want to know about it!: kerrymc; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:05 PM

I just have to say that when I saw the post's title, I thought I was on the wrong website. And yeah, there's something kind of Eraserhead about it (or vice-versa). But it's also very very beautiful. And strange and funny and cute and disgusting at the same time. Thank you, God/Nature/Force/Flying Spaghetti Monster!: berthaservant; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:14 PM

That seriously just looked like she was all, "Hm. I think I'll have a baby." *squatPOP* "Oh noes, what do I do with THIS?!" Either that or, "I was preggers?" LOLZ. That was the best birthing ever, despite how confusing and unmessy it is.: JulieRaven; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:26 PM

Was the baby premature? That thing was so tiny! Pandas do have it good. Their babies they birth are like 1/500th their size, as someone mentioned... while we humans it's almost 1/12th...: Laura; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:35 PM

Mama didn't seem to know what she was doing--and a concrete floor instead of proper bamboo forest habitat? "At birth, the cub is helpless, and it takes considerable effort on the mother’s part to raise it. A newborn cub weighs three to five ounces and is about the size of a stick of butter. Pink, hairless, and blind, the cub is 1/900th the size of its mother. Except for a marsupial (such as the kangaroo or opossum), a giant panda baby is the smallest mammal newborn relative to its mother's size." Not nuffin or nuffin here.: Karen in Toronto; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:43 PM

WOW. if only childbirth was as easy for humans ..: Chrystal; | Aug 29, 2008 at 02:56 PM

We had a baby elephant born here a few days ago.. the mama had never even seen a birth and freaked out a bit.. seemed to be stomping/kicking him . but the keepers separated them and are now introducing them back to each other.. seems to all be going well now. YAY for babies! (as compared to baby squirmersons here, the elephant weighed 284 lbs. .. at birth.. yikes.): Mary (the first); | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:04 PM

http://www.katu.com/news/27373454.html: Mary (the first); | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:06 PM

"You just had...a lizard...": toquoteCosby; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:08 PM

DONT EAT YOUR BABY!: Lyndse; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:17 PM

Wow! He just squirts outta there! We called our baby panda here in D.C. "Butterstick" because that's what he was the size of - yep, they're supposed to be that small!: hey-h; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:40 PM

It's like one of those tough pioneer women who give birth on the prairie and then walk another 50 miles before setting up camp, baking 5 loaves of bread, and noting in their diary "today I gave birth, walked 50 miles, and baked 5 loaves of bread." Like "birth, what's the big deal?": Decca; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:47 PM

Sadly, the little fella died today. They don't know why yet.: sukey; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:57 PM

Kangaroos have it even easier, birthing-wise. The baby is about the size of a peanut when it's born, and it inches its way into mama's pouch and stays there for months before it's ready to poke its head out and see the world.: J. Bo; | Aug 29, 2008 at 03:59 PM

Little Panda...Maybe God is not through with you yet...In the bamboo forest by Rainbow Bridge, maybe another panda will take you to her heart...: Totalee Puppy; | Aug 29, 2008 at 04:43 PM

haha, i bet the panda has bigger poos than the baby she just popped out: Alaska_girl; | Aug 29, 2008 at 05:16 PM

Actually, that cub in the video is still alive. According to the washingtonpost.com there were actually two twins born, only they didn't notice the 2nd, sounds kind of crazy but here's the story. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/24/AR2007082401159.html: Tamara; | Aug 29, 2008 at 05:21 PM

@Tamara: that's a different panda. The one in the original vid is in a zoo in Japan, not Austria. It died after three days: http://news.yahoo.com/story//afp/20080829/sc_afp/japananimalspanda RIP lil guy :(: Luna; | Aug 29, 2008 at 05:40 PM

I'm still wondering about the "no umbilical cord" thing... and amazed that a panda starts out life so tiny!! I guess I need to research pandas.: Boomer's Babysitter; | Aug 29, 2008 at 06:27 PM

The small size of a newborn panda is part of the reason they have such a problem with keeping their numbers up. Panadas (in the wild) live very solitary lives and don't often know themselves that they are pregnant. They usually have only seen the daddy that one time. When the baby pops out alot of panda moms have no idea what it is and freak out either abandoning it or killing it in a panic. :( They don't seem to have a very strong maternal instinct and just dont know what to do witht he weird pink screaming thing. Not trying to be a nuffer just though some people might be interested.: SN; | Aug 29, 2008 at 06:38 PM

Haha, how'd you like to be born and be flopping around all freakin out like "AHHH THE WORLD! WHAT -- WHAT IS -- THIS WHAT IS EVERYTHING -- AHHHH!!!" and then all the sudden there's a GIANT FRIGGIN PANDA-MONSTER towering over you and licking you and PICKING YOU UP in its MOUTH "AHHH WHAT THE HELL MAN" *flop flop* haha, birth.: Cephi; | Aug 29, 2008 at 08:43 PM

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