Meet Xiao Qi Ji, the Smithsonian National Zoo's star panda cub

The giant panda cub, born in August at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C., is a star attraction, with an online audience via the zoo's "Panda Cam." Correspondent Rita Braver reports on the birth of Xiao Qi Ji (whose name means "little miracle" in Chinese), and the shared efforts of China and the United States to protect a threatened species. (This story originally aired November 27, 2020.)
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  • @kristyhoward6897
    @kristyhoward68972 жыл бұрын

    I can attest to the therapeutic effects Xiao Qui Ji has. During the isolation of the last year, watching this goofball grow has brought many smiles and lols

  • @gamingfan025

    @gamingfan025

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @subobing3551
    @subobing35512 жыл бұрын

    This year with Xiao Qi Ji has been a little miracle of love for so many of us 💜

  • @kirk4086
    @kirk40862 жыл бұрын

    I went to DC, starting in the late 70's, just to visit them!!

  • @nightengale7163

    @nightengale7163

    2 жыл бұрын

    Me too! Love them! 🤍🐼🖤

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    @gamingfan025

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @tarawerner4271
    @tarawerner42712 жыл бұрын

    There are very dedicated Smithsonian Panda Cam watchers who create daily videos for everyone to enjoy. These are some very special people who have made watching the pandas and getting our daily fix much easier by editing to show the best parts of the day. I religiously watch at least one video every single day. Without fail, no matter what is going on in the world, Mei, Qi Ji and Tian Tian make it all better. Thank you so much, Mr. Rubenstein, Marty, Murial and everyone else involved in their lives. We are very proud of how well they are cared for. They are all very happy and it shows 🐾🖤

  • @julierogers1155

    @julierogers1155

    2 жыл бұрын

    link?

  • @shawnalLovesJesus

    @shawnalLovesJesus

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @babyteano1977

    @babyteano1977

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@shawnalLovesJesus I don't click links in comments section however this is an exemption, thanks 😊

  • @gamingfan025

    @gamingfan025

    2 жыл бұрын

    cute kzread.info/dash/bejne/hKJ7sbaCqZfaeJc.html

  • @zhuwade3186

    @zhuwade3186

    Жыл бұрын

    meanwhile Memphis zoo is mistreating panda yaya. Lele is already abused to death.

  • @cynthiagonzales9131
    @cynthiagonzales91312 жыл бұрын

    He is so Adorable!! Love watching him and his mother!!! He gets his goofiness from his daddy Lol. She is such a good mother. I'd stay up late to watch.. It's funny when he chases her.

  • @nightengale7163
    @nightengale71632 жыл бұрын

    Have loved the National Zoo pandas for decades 🤍🐼🖤

  • @Mary-fv4bn
    @Mary-fv4bn2 жыл бұрын

    Priceless!

  • @cleodmr1
    @cleodmr12 жыл бұрын

    I've loved watching this "Little Miracle" and his mom since he was born!!!! He is a precious little guy!!!! 💗 Happy Birthday little boy!!!! 🎈🎈🎈🎈🍨🎂🎁🎁🌈🌈

  • @italy5153
    @italy51532 жыл бұрын

    Too cute 💖

  • @alexanp4225
    @alexanp42252 жыл бұрын

    Saw them yesterday! So cute

  • @btcrazee1
    @btcrazee12 жыл бұрын

    He is precious. Been following him some time.

  • @stephanietagliarini7913
    @stephanietagliarini79132 жыл бұрын

    We love him so much!!!!!!

  • @malvinaodle1893
    @malvinaodle189322 күн бұрын

    Priceless

  • @peacenow4456
    @peacenow44562 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Mr. Rubenstein.

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    @gamingfan025

    2 жыл бұрын

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  • @Fenrispro
    @Fenrispro Жыл бұрын

    Hiii xiao qiji! Cute. Any birth is nice

  • @DreamDancer82
    @DreamDancer822 жыл бұрын

    Whenever a baby panda is born, it becomes . . . . . (wait for it) . . . . . sheer PANDA-monium! (ducks oncoming flying fruits, veggies, and flaming sticks for that awful pun).

  • @air_dragonclash1576
    @air_dragonclash1576 Жыл бұрын

    I saw a small cage for QiJi and his mother. The mother barely can't move. The baby cry for milk, but the zoo didn't feed the mother enough to have enough milk for the baby. China should take them home before they ended up like Le Le or Ya Ya.

  • @toodleloo2253

    @toodleloo2253

    7 ай бұрын

    Sorry, but this is nonsense!!- I just hope that China will take comparably fine care of them, with all the trimmings!!- 🥲 (In China, they once resorted to yelling & hitting some of their pandas with sticks to make them breed-? I know they desperately sought to aid breeding, but that just seemed mean, stressful, & inhumane?!. Plus, studies confirm that pandas like to pick their own mates!!) Well, the U.S. Pandas NEVER had any mistreatment like that, ever!!- Certainly, everyone was kindly & gentle to them!- 💗🐼

  • @jacquelinebrown1287
    @jacquelinebrown12876 ай бұрын

    My QJ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 😅😢❤❤❤❤

  • @kathyshanahan1489
    @kathyshanahan14892 жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤

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    @gamingfan025

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  • @lawjef
    @lawjef Жыл бұрын

    I remember seeing this upload a year or so ago and being baffled that an 'expert' would say they try to discourage mouthing and chewing by baby pandas (!). You have to figure he was just confused under the glare of TV lights, but apparently this video is still doing the rounds a year later. Remarkable

  • @debbiecooper1677
    @debbiecooper16772 жыл бұрын

    I want to be a nanny for a panda so bad.

  • @kristyhoward6897

    @kristyhoward6897

    2 жыл бұрын

    Right!?

  • @greatplainsman3662

    @greatplainsman3662

    2 жыл бұрын

    So does Chik McGee.

  • @emiliobello2538
    @emiliobello25382 жыл бұрын

    Aww

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    @xs57832 жыл бұрын

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  • @debbielau3795
    @debbielau3795 Жыл бұрын

    I have only seen a few clips of the baby pandas at the National Zoo in Washington DC, but what strikes me is their endless loneliness. Would you have been happy playing alone throughout your childhood? There are many videos that show the baby pandas being extremely afraid of the workers. It is concerning that a 3-year-old panda would show a scared reaction upon seeing a worker. What have these workers done to the pandas? Has the National Zoo in Washington DC mistreated and abused these adorable pandas? If the workers do not love the pandas, they should return them to China where they can receive proper care.

  • @nmn2406

    @nmn2406

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes. I totally agree with you. If the Smithsonian Zoo CAN'T AFFORD to look after the panda, please send the Tian Tian family (Mother Mei Xiang, Father Tian Tian and Baby Little Miracle) back to China. Why is the Smithsonian Zoo treating the pandas so HORRIBLY. Recently they sprayed water jet at Little Miracle when he was looking for his mother Mei Xiang? We could see the little guy running scaredly away trying to avoid the harsh water jet. The zoo keepers also give old and hard bamboos for the family (Mother Mei Xiang, Father Tian Tian and Baby Little Miracle) to eat. Sometimes can see Little Miracle eating the grass because there is nothing for him to eat. Then the Zoo keepers separating the mother from the child. Poor Little mIracle alone by himself, looking for mommy and daddy. Even daddy Tian Tian behavior now and look is similar to Ya Ya, frail and listless, before she was thankfully brought back to China from that horrible Memphis Zoo where one panda (Le Le) died. Please, if the Smithsonian Zoo CAN'T AFFORD to look after the pandas please send them back to China. Please don't let another casualty happen. Please don't let Tian Tian or Mei Xiang or even Little Miracle die too soon!

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    No they aren’t abused. They’re solitary creatures and they aren’t scared of them, they’re actually never in the same area as the keepers for safety. It’s more likely a reaction of slight unfamiliarity as they don’t really interact.

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    @@nmn2406they’re old. Really old actually. Mei Xiang is the oldest living panda in the world right now if I remember correctly, if not she may be the oldest female alive. Plus tian is also very old and they actually separated qi ji and mei at a very old age, usually in the wild they separate around 1.5-2 years old, and qi ji only got separated 6 months ago, at 3 years old.

  • @toodleloo2253

    @toodleloo2253

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Mets2015WorldSeries - Yes, these Pandas have been very loved and spoiled in the USA!!- :) They have the most beautiful, big yards to enjoy, too!!- I think it's great how the Nat. Zoo makes sure that they have time to romp, climb trees, and naturally interact with their mother!!.. In other countries, sometimes the mother pandas don't even care for or Nurse their own cubs (?!), which is SO critical for their personalized Health and Nutrition!.. But, the Nat. Zoo has been very successful with allowing ALL of these 4 Cubs to have 100% Natural Milk from their own mother. Plus, they receive plenty of nurturing, bonding, playtime, and cleaning directly from their very loving mother, Mei Xiang, which is the absolute Best for them, overall!!-💖🐼

  • @aliceleung2636
    @aliceleung2636 Жыл бұрын

    This zoo mistreats pandas. They have been not only starving the Meixiang panda family, but have continuously used electric shock and artificial insemination for many years on them from 2000 until now (24 times for Meixieng panda and 22 times for Tian Tian panda). Please stop mistreat Meixiang, Tian Tian and Xiao Qiji.😭😭😭

  • @rozanarazali7141

    @rozanarazali7141

    Жыл бұрын

    😭😭😭

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    This is not true. There’s no electric shock and if there is it’s very minimal. Plus they don’t artificially inseminate every year, they’ve only done it around 5-6 times in 24 years. Please don’t spread misinformation, they are treated incredibly well.

  • @toodleloo2253

    @toodleloo2253

    7 ай бұрын

    I really hope that China treats their native pandas well & makes sure they have plenty of healthy, unpolluted, natural habitat!! I hope they will let this family Climb Trees, which they love to do!!- Mei Xiang also loved being a mother, and she was always treated well!- The Nat. Zoo gave them a very good life, & they were SO Happy!!- 🐼😊

  • @user-ou6vc8ou8z
    @user-ou6vc8ou8z9 ай бұрын

    People in China said that Xiao qi ji didn't get enough food,is it true?I hope the keeper can give them enough food,apples

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    They get plenty of food, don’t worry. I think they might be referring to the fact that they eat frozen fruit juices as a treat for when it’s hot, and they get plenty of food otherwise.

  • @debbielau3795
    @debbielau3795 Жыл бұрын

    Tell the public how many baby pandas has been die at the National Zoo?

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    2 out of 6, very high survival rate actually. Around 50% of panda cubs don’t live until they are a year old. The only deaths are a twin (one is always abandoned in the wild and it’s still rare for both to survive) and one died from pneumonia in 2012.

  • @toodleloo2253

    @toodleloo2253

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Mets2015WorldSeries Actually, I lived nearby, & there was another stillbirth twin early on.. Further, they had no success with trying to inseminate Mei Xiang with the sperm from select "perfect" pandas with the "best" genetics!!.. She only became Pregnant by Tian Tian, whom she did have a relationship with!!.. He was her long-time sweetie/ "husband"!!..🐼💓

  • @Mets2015WorldSeries

    @Mets2015WorldSeries

    7 ай бұрын

    @@toodleloo2253 forgot about that one

  • @toodleloo2253

    @toodleloo2253

    7 ай бұрын

    @@Mets2015WorldSeries - Yeah, I'm so glad that Bao Bao grew up perfectly Healthy, though, after her Mama Mei Xiang had some pseudo-pregnancies/ miscarriages!!.. And now Bao Bao has 3 of her own Cubbies!!- They are SO Extra Cute- just like her!!- Also, the firstborn, Tai Shan, aka "Butterstick," has had one boy cub with his chosen "wifey," named Wen Yu ("Wennie")!.. The keepers in China say that it was "Love at first sight" for Tai Shan- lol!!.. And he's only had eyes for his Wennie!.. We were so lucky to have this special Panda Family in the USA!!-💗(Keeping it all in the family at the Nat. Zoo, as my neighbors would say- haha!)-

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  • @hati.putritidur664
    @hati.putritidur6647 күн бұрын

    don't send panda to us

  • @johnsmith-rd3zx
    @johnsmith-rd3zx Жыл бұрын

    pandemic panda

  • @tieuyet4469
    @tieuyet4469 Жыл бұрын

    Làm ơn hãy dừng những hành vi ngược đãi gấu trúc và đừng đăng những video đầy sự giả dối để che đậy sự độc ác của các người

  • @avayu2289
    @avayu22892 жыл бұрын

    Um isn’t it natural selection to go extinct like dinosaurs? Most Pandas in captivity or out in nature can’t even mate on their own, so it’s not like we humans are killing them to begin with. Are Pandas really crucial in the food chain of things?

  • @anonmouse6337

    @anonmouse6337

    2 жыл бұрын

    Pandas mate fine in the wild. It's captive pandas that have trouble because of lack of libido or bc they just don't know how to do it. Humans are the main reason for the panda's vulnerable status, through habitat destruction and (previously) hunting. As for the ecosystem, panda poop fertilises forests and spreads seeds.

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    @gamingfan025

    2 жыл бұрын

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