2020-12-28 Xiao Qi Ji ~ Mountains, Milk, LocoMotion, & More!

Another day, another milestone! Xiao Qi Ji was a very busy cub midday today. Highlights from over 3 hours of footage!

Mei Xiang came back from breakfast and snuggled with Xiao Qi Ji. Then, she moved to the den entry and they slept that way for awhile. But Qi Ji woke up, spotted her there and wiggled to her. Sleepy play ensued. Then it was time for Mei to go outside while the keepers cleaned, so she took him with her. But he cannot go out quite yet (he still needs his rabies shot, and to be more steady on his paws).

And thus we see her carrying or swiffering him around, and pacing (anticipation behavior). Qi Ji seems more interested in the spool, climbs on the ledge of room 2's rockwork playpen, goes in and out of the doorway to the patio, pesters Mei as she ate a piece of sugarcane, entered room 2's bedroom (for the 1st time that I recall), climbed up the glass window to play with his reflection, nursed, took a power nap while Mei went outdoors ... and then he climbed up the top of room 2's rockwork for the 1st time on Panda Cam! How he got down is clouded in swirling bamboo. He joins his mother in room 3, and goes to sleep in the playpen.

The audio on the cams were stuttering again, and in some places audio was not available.

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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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