Panda Playtime
Thursday, 11 February 2010 07:47
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Funi is really settling in to life at Adelaide Zoo. Watch her playing chasey, doing somersaults, or waiting for Simone to try to push her over!
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written by Shannon , July 04, 2010
iT MADE ME LAUGH SO MUCH WHEN fUNI WAS ROLLING AROUND EVERYWHERE!!! IF YOU EVER NEED A HAND JUST LET ME KNOW!!! OH SO CUDDLY! I JUST WANT TO GIVE THEM A BIG "PANDA HUG"! 
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written by Peter McFarlane, March 01, 2010
My sister and I visited the Panda's at Adelaide Zoo on Monday 22 February. Whilst the enclosure is impressive, and it was great to get a good view of the Panda’s I do have some concerns particularly about crowd control.
It seems several hundred visitors can be allocated a given time slot - we were given the 10.45 am slot. The visitors line up in great anticipation and are told not to use flash photography and to be quiet.
The crowd surges in and within 5 to 10 minutes Funi was so stressed out by the excited crowd (racing around, and trying to climb the walls to escape) that the keeper had to remove her from the exhibition area.
A few suggestions that may assist:
Crowd control - 15 to 20 minutes is enough time to be in the Panda enclosure, so my not have 3 sessions / hour and limit each session to say 50 people? Each group could be instructed to split with half moving immediately to the Wang Wang side, and half to the nearer side with Funi. Any excessively noisy people or anyone using flash photography should be immediately removed from the enclosure.
The enclosure design – the building acoustics could be improved – it was a bit like a sound shell with the noise of the excited crowd amplified. Another suggestion is to have the public viewing area screened off by a bamboo fence with viewing holes for the public.
It seems several hundred visitors can be allocated a given time slot - we were given the 10.45 am slot. The visitors line up in great anticipation and are told not to use flash photography and to be quiet.
The crowd surges in and within 5 to 10 minutes Funi was so stressed out by the excited crowd (racing around, and trying to climb the walls to escape) that the keeper had to remove her from the exhibition area.
A few suggestions that may assist:
Crowd control - 15 to 20 minutes is enough time to be in the Panda enclosure, so my not have 3 sessions / hour and limit each session to say 50 people? Each group could be instructed to split with half moving immediately to the Wang Wang side, and half to the nearer side with Funi. Any excessively noisy people or anyone using flash photography should be immediately removed from the enclosure.
The enclosure design – the building acoustics could be improved – it was a bit like a sound shell with the noise of the excited crowd amplified. Another suggestion is to have the public viewing area screened off by a bamboo fence with viewing holes for the public.
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written by Francoise, February 20, 2010
Forget this paradise island gig, this is THE best job in the world!! 
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written by brenda, February 13, 2010
how cute I was laughing while watching both Funi and Simone have so much fun!!!!!!!!
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written by Jessy, February 12, 2010
Simone, if you are too busy to give them a bath or play with them, please don't hesitate to contact me. I'll surely be happy to fill in.
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Cant wait to vist the Adelaide zoo!!! Our holiday this year are just because of the pandas, i saw on Getaway you could feed them and sort of pat them, im busting at the seams for my tour, see you in April my "furry little cuddle balls"
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