2020-12-23 Xiao Qi Ji ~ Frisky, Feisty, & Fearless!

Day 124: Xiao Qi Ji was in the playpen from around 6:30am Tues until around 4:30am this morning! Then his mother Mei Xiang got him out, and playtime ensued ... and she wound up chasing him into the den! Then she worked on her nest and nibbled bamboo, and Qi Ji was very interested in what she was doing! Amazing to see her back into the den with that long stalk of bamboo, which she snapped in half with her incredible jaw strength ~ and she didn't even step on Qi Ji!

Later after breakfast, Mei Xiang returned to the den to rest with her cub. Nope ~ Qi Ji was awake ... and when Mei moved to the den doorway, he followed her down there, and she left for some quiet time atop the rockwork. After playing in the den for awhile, he went out the doorway...twice! I always thought there was an instinct, an agreement between mother and cub that when she left him in the den, he was to stay in the den. He discovered a piece of bamboo that he played with for the longest time (I show just a bit of that), and finally after nearly an hour of amusing himself with bamboo, his paw, and the bars, he fell asleep.

The next scene shows Mei Xiang checking on Qi Ji, and he again was wide awake, so when she left the den, he followed! Sure would like to know what she said to him (the huffing) at the den doorway as he left with her. Although we couldn't see it on panda cam, you could here them playing!

After lunch, while Mei was eating in room 2, Xiao Qi Ji fought sleep and climbed up onto the ledge of the playpen to mouth some bamboo. That wasn't good enough ... he wanted to go higher!

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Video recorded at Smithsonian's National Zoo's Panda Cam website: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam
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