Willow has been here at the prospect park zoo for about three years, she is pretty great gregarious ,charismatic ,obviously ,very cute . She is just a lot of fun to work with . In the wild , red pandas would spend a lot of time up in trees , red pandas are endangered so it’s important that we breed them to help keep our population in zoo’s healthy . We were able to successfully ultrasound her and confirm that there is at least one cub there , the vet wasn’t sure how many ,so we’re just waiting to see .
Red pandas have what’s called delayed implantation ,delay implantation is when a fertilized egg lies in a dormant state , and is to be an implanted later when the situation is right for that species .
So we don’t have know exactly when that happens ,that’s why we don’t have an exact date for birth .
Habitat destruction is really impacting, red panda is in particular .so To have a birth of a red panda is really important .
Charismatic 有魅力的
delayed implantation 延迟着陆
ultrasound 超声 超声波
fertilized 已受精的