The much-awaited visit to Canada of two giant Pandas from China will begin with the official welcome Monday morning shortly after 10 am. On the left above, video of Er Shun and Da Mao as they departed Chengdu today.The commentary is in Chinese but the video is interesting. On the right, video released last week by FedEx and the Toronto Zoo which is quite informative.
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It also shows the nifty FedEx plane with a panda painted on the front. In addition to Mr.and Mrs Harper, the pandas will be met by Zhang Junsai, the Chinese ambassador to Canada. The pandas will take up residence in Toronto and live here for five years before being moved to Calgary, where they will live there for another five years. A complete guest list for the pandas arrival had not been released as of Sunday evening. But, according to the Toronto Star, based on the guest list released by the Prime Minister’s Office the pandas can at least expect a welcome similar in size to that which greeted U.S. President Barack Obama..
