Ueno zoo's star panda cub turns 100 days old as public eagerly awaits name
(Mainichi Japan)
The female giant panda cub at Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens celebrated her 100th day since birth on Sept. 20 -- but the public still has a bit longer to wait for her name, the zoo says.
When the cub was measured at the zoo on Sept. 20, she weighed 6 kilograms, and was 65 centimeters from the tip of her nose to the very tip of her tail. Her back legs have been developing well, and she can now support her body weight on all four legs, taking three to four steps at a time.
According to the zoo, her canine teeth have also emerged, and her gaze has become sharper. Worries over how her 12-year-old mother Shin Shin would raise her cub have subsided, and the zoo ended 24-hour surveillance of the pair on Sept. 17.
"In China, once a cub reaches their 100th day, a cub is considered to be stable and growing healthily," a representative of the zoo stated. "Her growth is a testament of that."
As for the name of the cub, which the zoo promised it would reveal around the time of the panda's 100th day since birth, the representative stated, "We plan to make the announcement in a few days."
