2022-08-31 Xiao Qi Ji ~ Fearless & Fierce in Battle, but Still Sings a Sweet Nursing Song!

#PandaStory: Some days Xiao Qi Ji seems huge and adult-like, and his play bouts with Mei Xiang can be very intense! But then you hear his cubbie nursing song and one cannot help but think he's still Mei's baby boy.

Today was an interesting day in that Mei was alone in Yard 3 this morning for quite awhile and during that time Qi Ji went up his evergreen in Yard 2. When they were "reunited", he still stayed up in the tree for another 1/2 hour! You'll see him coming down around 9:30am. (This also happened last Wednesday ... Mei spending time alone in Yard 3 so I'm not sure what this means as far as their separation status.)

There was a sweet scene in the bedroom with Qi Ji joining Mei, and he had fun with the treat window, and spent time laying his head on momma.

Around 11:30am Qi Ji and Mei had their 2nd outdoor play bout, and this one was a doozy! It started out fairly calm, but you'll see that they both seemed to elevate their level of play, and neither one would back down, especially Qi Ji! And our silly boy just had to get a cuddle in after it was all said and done, and then he went tumbling down the hill to the front wall! He was a very tired bear afterward!

The last 2 minutes or so are the audio from a nursing bout around 4pm (the CO had just left!). Qi Ji had to have been just off camera near the door to the den, and the system microphone is right there so we can clearly hear his plea to nurse, his suckling sounds, and lots of his nursing song! And of course when momma said no more!

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All video footage recorded by me from the Smithsonian's National Zoo's Panda Cam public website: https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam
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