🐼🍏 Playing with your food is *always* allowed at the Zoo! In the wild, giant pandas spend much of their time looking for the perfect bamboo stalks to eat. To encourage Bao Li and Qing Bao to search for their Zoo diets, our giant panda team comes up with creative ways to make mealtime fun. In addition to bamboo, treats—such as diced fruits, vegetables and panda bread—are scattered throughout the habitats.
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🐾👀 They’re also hidden inside puzzle feeders—toys that are built to withstand the bears’ teeth, claws and pounces. To get the food out, the pandas chase, spin and push the feeders until they reap their rewards. Bao Li and Qing Bao seem to enjoy any toy that they can swat around, jump on top of, or carry around their habitat.
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