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...Panda mania ! All New York turns out for China' s newest ambassadors, Ling Ling and Yong Yong, as they settle into the Bronx...
Even the meanest people, those who kick dogs, throw bottles at cats and step on robins' eggs, get teary-eyed and putty-legged when they see a panda rolling around on its ample posterior, twisting its puffy body into a seemingly impossible position, or eating an apple -- nothing more exotic than an apple! -- with its handlike paw. "I can't think of any animal that compares," says William Conway, director of the New York Zoological Society. "People love penguins, but the interest in pandas is extraordinary. There appears to be an innate response of, 'Oh, isn't it cute...
...seven zoos outside China in which they have taken up permanent residence, pandas are always the top act. If the adults cause a stir, their babies cause chaos. When Tokyo's Ueno Zoo had a blessed event last year, 270,000 people suggested names for the little cub. Tong Tong (Child) was the eventual choice, and 13,000 stood in line for the first glimpse of that particular child. Another 200,000 a day called the "Dial-a-Panda" hot line to hear him squealing...
...Ling Ling, Yong Yong and the other actors in what might be called China's Traveling Panda Act -- two more will be lent to the Netherlands' Beekse Bergen park this month -- are meant to do more than entertain. Pandas also carry a message: they are an endangered species with a bleak future. Only a few, 700 or so, still roam the mountains of central China, and there are not enough in zoos to ensure their survival...
...nothing could stop the Panda first line of Corcoran, Les, and Lisa Bishop. On the afternoon, the senior trio chalked up six goals and five assists on breakaways, precision passes, and various other displays of offensive skill...