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