Welcome back: Pandas on display at National Zoo

WASHINGTON — The masses will be gathering in the national capital to catch a glimpse of its newest celebrities.

Bao Li and Qing Bao made their debut in their new home at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo on Friday.

And with their arrival in front of the public, comes the return of panda cam, The Washington Post reported.

So if animal and panda lovers can’t make the trip to Washington, D.C., they can still get an up-close view of the city’s newest residents.

Panda Cam, which consists of 40 cameras in the compound, will be available daily from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily but it isn’t live. Instead, it will be on a 15-minute delay, the Post reported. When it isn’t broadcasting, the camera will replay the day’s video.

While they were just put on display on Friday, the zoo has been teasing panda lovers, including sharing how the pandas and other animals enjoyed the recent snowfall that blanketed the region over the past few weeks.

The bears came from China in October and had been in quarantine before being put on public display, according to Smithsonian Magazine.

Giant pandas return to Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Bao Li is the male while Qing Bao is the female and they are both 3 years old.

He is “playful, curious and attention-seeking” while she is characterized as independent and loves to hang out in trees.

They are the ninth and 10th pandas to live at the National Zoo and are the first since Mei Xiang and Tian Tian and their youngest Xiao Qi Ji were taken to China, leaving the zoo without pandas for 23 years.

Qing Bao and Bao Li will be at the zoo for 10 years and the zoo will pay the China Wildlife Conservation Association #1 million each year in exchange, Smithsonian Magazine said.

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