time, plus about ten more minutes when we returned at the end of our zoo trip).
pandas really are pretty slow, lazy creatures most of the time. the adults have to spend a lot of time eating because bamboo has very limited nutritional value, and as a general rule they move about very slowly.
the adult male panda spent our visit eating. it was cool to see him manipulate the bamboo with all four paws and grip it with his almost-a-thumb pads.
the female was also eating (read: lying completely covered in bamboo). but she did trundle off outside to play with her water bowl too.
the youngsters were sleepy. one just wanted to 