Giant Pandas - National Zoo| FONZ

The National Zoo has a Panda Cam so you can watch the panda cub -- when the system isn't maxed out. (I haven't managed to get through yet, but a friend of mine who viewed yesterday assures me it's great fun.) The title link will take you to the Giant Panda page at the zoo's website, which has general information and a journal as well as the cam. The big news today is that the panda cub's eyes are now open - as of yesterday afternoon, to be more precise - but there have been no obvious behavioral changes yet.

National Public Radio (NPR) has several related stories. Panda Cam Panders to Panda Fans by Kitty Eisele has the title story, plus links to previous stories and web resources. (For the record, I think that the headline stretches the meaning of "pander" just a weeeee bit. I can't see that liking to watch pandas is a weakness, a vice, or vulgar -- and according to the two dictionaries I just consulted, one American and one British, you have to be encouraging or exploiting a weakness or vice or sordid tastes to "pander." In case you didn't know.)