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Unless you've been hiding under a rock the news has been full of the departure of two giant pandas from America to China.

Unless you've been hiding under a rock the news has been full of the departure of two giant pandas from America to China.

A family in Baoxing County are regularly visited by a panda who has developed a taste for pork spare ribs including the bone.

The police in Sichuan China, have arrested a 41 year old man for selling a panda skin 15 years ago.

Mr Kwak evaded police for 15 years by moving Provinces and stealing the idenity of someone else.

The police noticed that some ID cards contained the same information but with different numbers on further investigation Mr Kwak admitted that he had sold the panda skin in July 1995.

The cubs of 2009 at Bifengxia base have all been weaned from their mothers and will be going in to the base's Kindergarten.

A special ceremony was held to mark the occassion.

Whilst we were at Zoo Atlanta, little Xi Lan was very playful and wouldn't leave mum alone.

Check out the video below.

BTW it's not me laughing!

Some more photos from my on going trip to see the pandas in the USA.
San Diego Zoo
Memphis
Atlanta
Washington DC
Or to see the photos from the Whole Trip

We had a wonderful day yesterday at Zoo Atlanta.

We meet some wonderful people there, the volunteers are brilliant, friendly and very knowledgeable.

I hope you enjoy the photos.

Atlanta Panda Photots"

Hello from Washington DC,

Having a great time, managed to get to the zoo yesterday but it was pouring down with rain. All the pandas were snoozing inside, I did manage to take a few photos but I'm not that impressed with them, going back to day to see if I can do better, as it looks like it's going to be a beautiful day.

Photos on Flickr from Washington DC

Well things for me are really busy at the moment, I started a new job back at the end of November and what with Christmas, illness and now getting ready for my trip to visit the pandas in the USA, I don't seem to have a moment spare!

But I still managed to get the odd story out, luckily things are quiet in the panda world at the moment, but breeding season will soon be with us and then hopefully lots of beautiful new cubs.