- Yang Yang (panda)
Yang Yang is the name of two
giant panda s on display outside ofChina .One of the two is a male (b. September 9, 1997) residing at
Zoo Atlanta inAtlanta, Georgia and the father ofMei Lan . He is kept separate from the cub and his motherLun Lun because male pandas do not play a part in raising cubs in the wild. [cite web|title=Meet the Pandas at Zoo Atlanta|url=http://www.zooatlanta.com/animals_giant_panda.htm#meet|publisher=Zoo Atlanta]The other panda is a female living at Schoenbrunn Zoo in
Vienna ,Austria , along with her mate Long Hui. This female Yang Yang recently surprised her zookeepers when she gave birth onAugust 23 ,2007 to a male cub. This was the first panda born inEurope in 25 years. [cite web | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6960947.stm | title = Rare panda birth at Austrian zoo|publisher=BBC News] A vote has taken place among zoo patrons and they have decided to name him Fu Long, meaning "Lucky Dragon". [cite web | url = http://www.zoovienna.at/e/pandababy_2007.html | title = Panda Baby Diary: Viennese name their panda|publisher=Schoenbrunn Zoo]References
External links
* [http://www.zoovienna.at/e/index.html Schoenbrunn Zoo's panda diary]
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