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Bao Bao touched a hot wire. She’s fine, but she climbed a tree and won’t leave. | |
(about 7 hours later) | |
(Watch live: Panda cam showing Bao Bao in a tree) | (Watch live: Panda cam showing Bao Bao in a tree) |
Famed panda cub Bao Bao had a rough day Tuesday. | Famed panda cub Bao Bao had a rough day Tuesday. |
She touched a “hot wire,” an activated wire used to keep her in her containment area at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo. She climbed a tree, and after that, she wouldn't come down. | |
Zookeepers let her stay Tuesday night in the treetop, where she feels safe, the zoo wrote in a Facebook post. They also let her mother, Mei Xiang, stay outdoors with her, and a keeper stayed inside the panda house all night in case the pandas decided to come inside. | |
But as of Wednesday’s Facebook post, they were still out there. | |
“Bao Bao is perfectly fine,” the Facebook post said. “The staff are adjusting the pandas’ routine today and are confident that Bao Bao will come down when she is ready.” | “Bao Bao is perfectly fine,” the Facebook post said. “The staff are adjusting the pandas’ routine today and are confident that Bao Bao will come down when she is ready.” |