New baby panda doing fine

The National Zoo's giant panda cub has been given a clean bill of health after its first veterinary exam.
Veterinarians performed a 20-minute examination Monday after  pandamother Mei Xiang (may SHONG) gave them an opportunity. She put the female cub down and left the den for a short time to eat bamboo

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Stephanie Gustafson holds her two-year-old female cat, Wasabi, after returning from the vet with a pink cast.

Cat survives fall from 11th floor

Stephanie Gustafson was relaxing at home when curiosity got the best her two-year-old cat Wasabi. “It was about 11 p.m. She was chasing a mosquito around the house,” Gustafson said. “Normally I keep the windows closed because she’s so curious, but this time it was open just enough.”
The mosquito escaped through the window of Gustafson’s 11th floor apartment in downtown Juneau, Alaska. Wasabi went after it.
Her mother watched as the cat fell to the ground.
“My mom said she fell right about here,” Gustafson said, pointing to a spot in the parking lot. "And I ran down and found her huddled up right over there.”
When Gustafson got to Wasabi, she saw that her cat was bloody and soaked from the rain.
“She was sitting in this corner and had her eyes closed a little bit. Her paw was limp,” Gustafson said. “She was really quiet. She wasn’t meowing in pain or anything.”
As it turns out, Wasabi is as strong as her namesake. (Wasabi is a hot mustard.)
The cat had fractured her radius and broke some bones in her elbow. A veterinarian set Wasabi’s front right leg in a bright pink cast.
The day after the fall, Wasabi was back to being a playful kitty, Gustafson said.
“When I first took her home, she wouldn’t drink or eat anything,” Gustafson said. “After a day she was purring again and playing with her toys.”
Critical thinking challenge: What does this mean: “Wasabi is as strong as her namesake.”

- Posted on September 8, 2013

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Cat survives fall from 11th floor

Stephanie Gustafson was relaxing at home when curiosity got the best her two-year-old cat Wasabi. “It was about 11 p.m. She was chasing a mosquito around the house,” Gustafson said. “Normally I keep the windows closed because she’s so curious, but this time it was open just enough.”
The mosquito escaped through the window of Gustafson’s 11th floor apartment in downtown Juneau, Alaska. Wasabi went after it.
Her mother watched as the cat fell to the ground.
“My mom said she fell right about here,” Gustafson said, pointing to a spot in the parking lot. "And I ran down and found her huddled up right over there.”
When Gustafson got to Wasabi, she saw that her cat was bloody and soaked from the rain.
“She was sitting in this corner and had her eyes closed a little bit. Her paw was limp,” Gustafson said. “She was really quiet. She wasn’t meowing in pain or anything.”
As it turns out, Wasabi is as strong as her namesake. (Wasabi is a hot mustard.)
The cat had fractured her radius and broke some bones in her elbow. A veterinarian set Wasabi’s front right leg in a bright pink cast.
The day after the fall, Wasabi was back to being a playful kitty, Gustafson said.
“When I first took her home, she wouldn’t drink or eat anything,” Gustafson said. “After a day she was purring again and playing with her toys.”
Critical thinking challenge: What does this mean: “Wasabi is as strong as her namesake.”

- Posted on September 8, 2013

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What goes up, must come down – sometimes too soon

A balloonist who was attempting to cross the Atlantic Ocean using hundreds of helium-filled balloons has landed short of his goal in Newfoundland. Instead of using a conventional hot-air balloon, Jonathan Trappe was using more than 300 helium-filled balloons, like those used in the animated movie "Up." He'd hoped to make history by being the first to use a cluster of helium balloons to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Trappe posted on his Facebook page that he'd landed safely at an "alternate location" Thursday night.
The North Carolina native launched earlier Thursday from Caribou.
"The Atlantic Ocean has been crossed many times, and in many ways, but never quite like this," the North Carolina native said on his website before his departure.
Trappe, who couldn't be reached immediately for comment, was no stranger to cluster balloons.

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