SINGAPORE - Giant panda Kai Kai celebrated its fifth birthday in Singapore
today, with a delicious "cake" made of ice, carrots, and high fibre biscuits,
according to the Wildlife Reserve Singapore (WRS).
Kai Kai's special treat had to be frozen overnight and weighed approximately
5 kg.
Together with his female partner Jia Jia, the two pandas are here on a
10-year loan from China.
The pair are currently under quarantine at the den block in River Safari.
They arrived in Singapore on Sept 6.
According to WRS, both pandas have settled into their dens and feast on
locally-grown bamboo such as sulphur bamboo and hedge bamboo.
After the quarantine period, they will be released into their exhibit to
explore and familiarise themselves with their new surroundings.
Visitors can look forward to visiting Kai Kai and Jia Jia at the giant panda
exhibit at the River Safari this December.
The River Safari, located near the Night Safari and Singapore Zoo, will be
home to the pandas as part of a joint collaboration between China Wildlife
Conservation Association and Wildlife Reserves Singapore to promote giant panda
conservation.
The giant pandas will be housed in a specially constructed
climate-controlled exhibit along the Yangtze River display.
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Kai Kai watches in anticipation as Abdul Halim, River Safari’s Assistant
Curator of Zoology, adds finishing touches to the birthday cake.
Kai Kai enjoys a special birthday cake made of ice, carrots, apples and
high-fibre biscuits.
The male giant panda and his female partner, Jia Jia, are under quarantine at
the den block in River Safari, which is located near Night Safari and Singapore
Zoo. It will be home to a pair of giant pandas for 10 years as part of a joint
collaboration between China Wildlife Conservation Association and Wildlife
Reserves Singapore.
Kai Kai indulges in a buffet of sulphur bamboo and Siamese bamboo.
Mr Abdul Halim, River Safari’s Assistant Curator of Zoology, arranges
high-fibre biscuits to form the initials “KK5” as toppings for Kai Kai’s fifth
birthday. The cake had to be frozen overnight and weighed approximately 5 kg.
Take another look at how pandas Kai Kai and Jia Jia arrived in Singapore and
how they are adjusting to their new homes here.
Kai Kai, one of two giant pandas who arrived in Singapore from Chengdu, China
is introduced to his new den on Thursday Sep 6, 2012.
Kai Kai, one of two giant pandas who arrived in Singapore from Chengdu, China
gets used to his new den on Thursday Sep 6, 2012.
Jia Jia one of two giant pandas to arrive in Singapore from Chengdu, China is
introduced to her new den on Thursday Sep 6, 2012.
