Online vote to name twin panda cubs in US
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A US zoo yesterday revealed five sets of possible names for the twin giant panda cubs born there in July, and is giving the public a chance to have a say by voting online.
The cubs were born at Zoo Atlanta to 15-year-old Lun Lun, after she was artificially inseminated in March. They are the fourth and fifth cubs born at the zoo to Lun Lun and her partner Yang Yang.
The possible names for the two male cubs are:
— Mei Lun and Mei Hua, meaning Lun Lun’s twin cubs born in the US;
— Mei Lun and Mei Huan, which originates from a Chinese idiom that means “something indescribably beautiful and magnificent;”
— Tian Lun and Tian Le, a modification of a Chinese idiom meaning “joy of family life” or “family happiness;”
— Lan Tian and Bi Shui, meaning “blue sky and clear water;” and
— Da Lan and Xiao Lan meaning “bigger one and smaller one of Atlanta-born twins.”
The names were selected by staff at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China.
Giant pandas originally from China are only lent out to foreign zoos for scientific study for several years. They and any cubs they produce must all return to China eventually.
The winning names will be announced at a naming celebration on October 23 when the panda cubs are 100 days old, in accordance with Chinese tradition.
Voting begins on Wednesday through the website for ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
The cubs are in good health, said giant panda nursery keeper Amy Allagnon.
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