Here's All The Zoo Animal Baby Drama You Need To Know This Season
Here's All The Zoo Animal Baby Drama You Need To Know This Season
By Aimee LutkinUpdated Nov. 9 2018, 12:30 p.m. ET
First of all, congratulations to Shin-Shin, a panda who recently had her last day on public display as keepers at her Tokyo zoo suspect she may be pregnant. I'm not exactly sure what pregnancy in a panda looks like, but judging from this video, I may be pregnant, too. She just looks so darn happy living her panda life. Check her out:
Well-wishers flock to a Tokyo zoo to catch a last glimpse of Shin Shin, before the possibly pregnant panda is removed from public display pic.twitter.com/GBOxLWDdpX
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 24, 2017Shin Shin has been stuffing her face with bamboo like she just started her cheat day, eating every stick in her enclosure, and she looks happier than a kid in a candy store as she downs limitless amounts of food. Seems she's prepping for a little something eh?
Cravings: 11-year-old giant panda Shin Shin, who has recently been showing signs of pregnancy, eats bamboo in her cage at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo pic.twitter.com/kYQNagsNS8
— AFP news agency (@AFP) May 24, 2017Basically, we can all relate to Shin Shin:
This is also how I show signs of pregnancy. https://t.co/J8FLKRoddg
— Heather Kelly 🦁 (@heatherkelly) May 24, 2017I'm Shin Shin without the pregnancy https://t.co/jNbp173lH3
— Rahul Sabharwal (@rubberneckin) May 24, 2017me, just now, eating my lunch, happily. https://t.co/1vbSVOTorG
— frenchtart (@frenchtart) May 24, 2017Meanwhile, the city of Toronto just welcomed some new babies onto the scene. They don't look anything like Shin Shin's prospective fetus, except for being very small and cute. On May 18, three snow leopard cubs were welcomed, five days after two clouded leopard cubs were born at the Toronto Zoo. That was two weeks after the birth of five cheetah cubs, making 53 born on the compound.
The Toronto Zoo is proud to announce the healthy births of
snow leopard, clouded leopard and cheetah cubs ! https://t.co/XTduQiFNtb pic.twitter.com/QZ0Lf2PA1E
But, lest we get too caught up in the positive news about babies and adorable animals, the Toronto Zoo is currently dealing with a strike from its zookeepers. Apparently, taking care of all these animals isn't the respected job it should be. Members of CUPE Local 1600 started forming picket lines in early May, saying they don't have the job security they deserve:
Toronto Zoo workers on the picket lines early this morning. 400 on strike, say job security is lacking @CBCToronto pic.twitter.com/GTApzBfL1v
— Adrian Cheung (@AdrianCheungCBC) May 11, 2017While most of us would probably play with the zoo animals for free, it probably wouldn't be good for them. These babies deserve the best care in the world, so hopefully the zoo meets their worker's demands soon. Shin Shin is fine, though right.
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