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Feb 6, 2010

ക Zàijiàn 再見 Farewell 'Banana' Panda ~ Tai Shan

Tai Shan 泰山 {Tài Shān}, aka Butterstick because of its size like a stick of butter just after his birth as described by a zoo worker. He is a giant panda born at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park (National Zoo) in Washington, D.C on July 9, 2005 at 3:41 AM. The name Tai Shan, meaning "peaceful mountain," was chosen after it won 44 percent of the 202,045 total votes cast.

Tai Shan in June 2007, courtesy of Wikipedia


According to Wikipedia as per the agreement with China, the Chinese government can require that Tai Shan be sent to China any time after he turns 2 as he, like his parents, is the property of China. (His parents Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are technically being "leased" to the National Zoo by the Chinese government in a ten-year, $10 million agreement, with the money to go to panda conservation research in China.) The National Zoo announced in April 2007 that it reached an agreement with the Chinese government to let Tai Shan remain at the National Zoo until at least July 2009.

Tai Shan on his final full day at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park, February 3, 2010.


Since 2007, Tai Shan has lived on his own at the zoo, because cubs leave their mothers at about 2 years of age and fathers play no role in cub rearing. All these years as an ABC "American Born Chinese" Panda he must be quite used to American language than his own ethnic Chinese in National Zoo DC. and hopefully when he returns to China he could catch up fast coping with the language and weather. Prior leaving his birth place in National Zoo before heading towards China view the heartbroken people in Washington DC and their final farewell words posted by fellow blogger, Pacific Islander. Get ready some tissue papers to stand by for a tearjerker.

Tai Shan left D.C. for China on February 4, 2010 (on the same flight as Mei Lan from Zoo Atlanta). His new home is the Bifengxia Panda Base, in Ya'an, Sichuan. If he is a human being would be a very good classic example of a "Bananaz Man", yellow from the outside but speaks and thinks like an American.  Wanna know more about pandas and how it sounds as newborn, 3-month-old and adult click HERE.


52,123,194 hits @ Feb06, 2010 on Sneezing Tai Shan 

However another unofficial version is the Chinese government is worried sick that being alone in DC for far too long Tai Shan may mixed with the wrong company and totally forgotten his roots and becomes too Americanized, that is the reason why he needs to get back to China asap. A picture paints a thousand words..


Photo courtesy of Worth1000.com

50 Bunchesஇ:

Kelvin said...

Sigh, pandas are getting lesser and lesser day by day...

Elaine Yim said...

Tai Shan is 5 years old now. I wonder how old is he in panda age? I guess Tai Shan will have to learn a new lifestyle when he arrives at his new home in China. He is such a celebrity and he has left many US fans broken hearted.

Unknown said...

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shakira

Cloudia said...

Bless the panda family



Aloha, Friend!


Comfort Spiral

jingle said...

Wow,
Pandas are one of my favorite animals,
cute,
furry,
precious,
and
priceless....

U Blog Is As Valuable As Pandas,
Happy Saturday!

CH Voon said...

It is ABC.

I think it will be more open minded and hamsap abit like edison (porno star).

Welcome home Tai Shan!

fufu said...

yeah tai shan!!! i missed the chance going there when i was in suzhou last year!!!! i should have climbed the mountain after Huang Shan, Song Shan and Hua Shan ><

Unknown said...

Welcome Home, Tai Shan!. No accolades will change you. You're so adorable!

Momo the Wonder Dog said...

I hope you have lots of little pandas, Tai Shan.

Merryn said...

lol.. sorry for laffing but the final pic says it all! :)

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Kelvin ക According to the World Conservation Union's (IUCN's) Red List of Threatened Animals, there are about 1,600 left in the wild. More than 160 pandas live in zoos and breeding centers around the world, mostly in China.

Autumn Belle @ KDP കa Panda can live from 10-20 years in the wild and 20-35 in a zoo or any captivity. Tai Shan is considered an adult.

ShAKirA CHOONG ക thank you so much

Cloudia ക pray they gonna be ok. TQ

jngle ക thanks for your kind words love the eyes of pandas.

CH Voon ക ABCs are more open minded and articulate, hamsap not so sure? Edison Chen could be an isolated case haha TQ

fufu ക can always go again to hike Tai Shan (Mount Tai). Yes you can! TQ

Keats The Sunshine Girl ക He is adorable indeed. TQ

Momo the Wonder Dog ക Thanks again for the inspiration to blog about Tai Shan.

Merryn ക After the heartbreak good to laugh..haha. TQ

Anonymous said...

Americanized panda? :)

Nice profile pic.

CH Voon said...

er... i realised that there is not movie clip this morning right.

that movie look funny la.. who make the sound dont tell me is Tai shan.

Cute!

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Mei Teng ക you too, nice new profile pix. TQ

Pete said...

My kids love that cute and funny sneezing panda video!

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Pete ക Haha that 'selfish' cowboy kid and his siblings..? TQ

Ice said...

I always wonder what's the fascination is about on Panda bears. Whenever China want to "tarik" relation they give you Panda bears.

I vaguely recall that they (china) has also given, don't know which part of Aussie, couple of pandas. And my goodness, that place even got built for couple of million dollars just for 2 pandas to roam!

I think spending taxpayers' money (for bears) is a bit excessive lah.

jingle said...

a sunshine award 4 u in my blog,

Happy Sunday!

wenn said...

cute pandas!

william manson said...

many congratulations on your "sunshine award, much deserved and congratulations to the nominees, a great sunshine day :)

manglish said...

hahahaha i love the last pic....i watch on the news that the china authority are preparing a grand chinese meal for him for cny and i wonder if he prefer mcdonald or man tou hahahahha

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Ai Shiang ക I'm just as confused on the give and take back or on the 'loan' kind of thing. Well they get things done the political way. TQ

jingle ക thank you so much

Wenn ക cute and adorable eh. TQ

William Manson © 2010 ക thank you, you have a great day. Love all your poems very much.

manglish ക that's a big headache for Tai Shan coz he has not seen 'man tou' before. Also will he prefer coke or Chinese tea? hahaha TQ.

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

CH Voon ക oops sorry missed yours. Yeah video clip of Tai Shan sneezing was added later. Wah so observant..TQ

Bengbeng said...

Talking about being Americanized, i jus had dinner with an Indonesian Chinese working with Walmart in USA. It is easy to be Americanized :)

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Bengbeng ക meaning with all the slangs and style of a yankee haha. TQ for the visit.

CH Voon said...

wah... so late still online?

RoseBelle said...

Interesting...I never knew China does panda leases. I didn't even know about Tai Shan in D.C.

Wonder how he will adapt to his new Chinese home...

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

CH Voon ക Wowie your latest pix like a NY rapper yo yo yo! Trying hard to hit the sack by midnite but have stretched my bedtime abit. TQ

Rose Belle ക Well an ABC Panda for 5 years have to adapt seeing 'black hair', slant eyes and hearing 'weird' greetings not familiar to his ears from now onwards haha. TQ

Diane said...

You must love animals like I do, also. The pandas are such adorable creatures. I hope they are adjusting to their new home.

cleffairy said...

LOL... the Americanized panda looks like rappers gone awry! LOL...

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Diane Meier ക Thanks for dropping by, yeah have a compassion for animals. Pray they are well and happy.

cleffairy ക yo! yo! yo! alright! haha TQ.

jingle said...

I watched a tape about this particular panda, it is a tape from public library, my son likes pandas and thus we enjoy watching this cub grow until one year old in the national zoo..

beautiful post!
Happy Tuesday!

[SK] said...

haha, i just love the last comment from the chinese officials.. mixed too much with another group and forgotten his root.. well, why not just let Tai Shan happily remain in where he is born?? who knows if he can adapt to a new place in China??

you can relate this to yourself huh?? hehe, i mean, a banana~~ :p

HappySurfer said...

Cute! In China, they have even put up an ad inviting applications for the post of a bilingual tutor to coach the sanctuary keepers who are caring for Tai Shan. They are also slowly converting his food to those of the local environment's. In the US, he has been fed biscuits but in China biscuits are not part of the diet. I wonder how he's coping.

The video on PandaB's blog made me well up with tears. So touching.

I hope Tai Shan's able to contribute to his (endangered) species.

Thanks for sharing.

CH Voon said...

Chinese New year lo... put a chinese New posts lo hehehe

foongpc said...

The panda is soooo cute! And I am MBC (Malaysian Born Chinese) Panda. LOL!!

Bengbeng said...

GongXiFaCai

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

jingle ക not only kids love pandas even grown ups love them too. TQ

[SK] ക yeah lo why wanna up root a poor ABC Panda to China after 5 years. Political reason.

HappySurfer ക Oh really! Tai Shan being fed with biscuits as well. Now they need to learn American to take care of Tai Shan *sigh*. They should have thought about it before uprooting him from DC. The video is a tearjerker indeed. TQ

CH Voon ക cant think of anything new to blog about CNY still thinking ..hehe TQ

Foongpc ക Hi MBC Panda lol..the pandas are just as cute..errrrr as your avatar not you haha..TQ

Bengbeng ക GongXiFaCai to you too.

Pete said...

Wishing you and your family Happy & Prosperous Chinese New Year!

இ Baŋäŋaz இ said...

Pete ക Happy New Lunar Year to you and family. TQ

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