Category — Animals

20 years after the last successful artificial insemination in Japan, Tantan (12), the giant female panda in Kobe Oji Zoo gave birth last Monday (August 26) to a healthy cub through the same reproductive method. Weighing around 100 grams and about 25 centimeters in length, the baby panda’s sex is still unknown. It will take 3 more months before the zoo let the public see the cub openly. In the meantime the zoo plans to get the public’s help in naming the little giant panda. Hmmn, let me see… How does “Lily” sound to you guys?

A nihonzaru or a Japanese monkey - incidentally the name of this blog - appeared unexpected out of nowhere to display itself to curious commuters at Tokyu Toyoko Line’s Shibuya Station, Wednesday. There after it slip pass the police who were called in to help on the matter. Lately, there has been many sightings of nihonzaru around Tokyo area, one in Setagaya-ku while the other in Koganei-shi, all of which were thought to be the same monkey that appeared today in Shibuya. Luckily, no one was harmed nor any train disrupted by this rare appearance. According to the article at Mainichi online, the loner seems to be a member of a pack of nihonzarus inhabiting Okutama Region. Happy hunting!