Click here for Mobile Site: http://m.cbs2.com
  • Font Size    
Advertising

Top Slideshows

College Cheerleaders
E-mail

Close Window E-mail This Page

San Diego Zoo Panda Cub Named 'Son Of Cloud'

Required fields are marked with an asterisk(*)

The information you provide will be used only to send the requested e-mail and will not be used to send any other e-mail communications. Read more in our Privacy Policy

Send E-mail

   Print     Share +    Comments
Nov 17, 2009 12:04 pm US/Pacific

San Diego Zoo Panda Cub Named 'Son Of Cloud'

SAN DIEGO (AP) ― A baby panda born at the San Diego Zoo has a name.

Zoo officials Tuesday announced that the 3-month-old black-and-white ball of fur will be called Yun Zi, which is Chinese for "Son of Cloud."

The cub was born on Aug. 5 but, following Chinese tradition, it wasn't named for 100 days. The name was selected from among 6,300 recommendations by the public.

Yun Zi is the fifth cub born to the zoo's 300-pound mother panda, Bai Yun, whose name means "White Cloud."

He's only the 14th panda in the United States, including five in San Diego.

Yun Zi weighed about 4 ounces when he was born but now weighs more than 10 pounds.

Yun Zi's birth was posted on the zoo blog and a "panda cam" that allowed people to see the cub in a zoo den was so popular that it briefly crashed.

(© 2010 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.)

Add Comment

here. here. Need a log in? Register here
  •  * Will not be displayed with comment
  •  * e.g. (http://www.mywebsite.com)
  •  
  • Click here to refresh with new letters

Show Comments (0)

Close Window Login


Close Window Flag Comment


loading...

© MMX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.