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Su Lin () was the name given to the
Harkness mentioned in her 1938 book
The Baby Giant Panda
' that the capture took place within a day's walk from the Min River in Sichuan. Su Lin, about 9 weeks old at the time of his capture, was named after Su-Lin Young, the sister-in-law of Harkness's Chinese-American expedition partner Quentin Young. Harkness translated Su Lin as meaning "a little bit of something very cute".SPatricia Sullivan.
Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young, 96, Explorer and Panda Namesake
". ''The Washington Post''. May 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 17, 2009. (Harkness and Young were unaware that the baby panda was, in fact, a male.) Harkness returned to America with the bottle-fed cub, and Su Lin became the first live panda to be displayed in the United States. In April 1937, the panda was purchased by Brookfield Zoo outside of
Su Lin () was the name given to the giant panda
The giant panda (''Ailuropoda melanoleuca''), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white animal coat, coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. ...
cub captured in 1936 and brought to America by Ruth Harkness.
History
Harkness mentioned in her 1938 book The Baby Giant Panda
' that the capture took place within a day's walk from the Min River in Sichuan. Su Lin, about 9 weeks old at the time of his capture, was named after Su-Lin Young, the sister-in-law of Harkness's Chinese-American expedition partner Quentin Young. Harkness translated Su Lin as meaning "a little bit of something very cute".SPatricia Sullivan.
Adelaide 'Su-Lin' Young, 96, Explorer and Panda Namesake
". ''The Washington Post''. May 22, 2008. Retrieved on November 17, 2009. (Harkness and Young were unaware that the baby panda was, in fact, a male.) Harkness returned to America with the bottle-fed cub, and Su Lin became the first live panda to be displayed in the United States. In April 1937, the panda was purchased by Brookfield Zoo outside of
Chicago
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, where he was visited by such celebrities as Shirley Temple
Shirley Temple Black (born Shirley Jane Temple; April 23, 1928 – February 10, 2014) was an American actress, singer, dancer, and diplomat, who was Hollywood's number-one box-office draw as a child actress from 1934 to 1938. Later, she was na ...
, Kermit Roosevelt
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, and Helen Hayes
Helen Hayes MacArthur (; October 10, 1900 – March 17, 1993) was an American actress. Often referred to as the "First Lady of American Theatre", she was the second person and first woman to win EGOT, the EGOT (an Emmy, a Grammy, an Oscar, and ...
. Harkness brought a second panda, Mei-Mei, to be a companion for Su Lin at the zoo in February 1938. However, the two animals fought with each other, and were soon separated. Su Lin died of pneumonia
Pneumonia is an Inflammation, inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as Pulmonary alveolus, alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of Cough#Classification, productive or dry cough, ches ...
only a few weeks after Mei-Mei's arrival.Andrea Frederici Ross. ''Let the Lions Roar''. Chicago Zoological Society. 1997. 64-67. He was replaced by Mei-Lan the following year.
See also
*List of giant pandas
This is a partial list of giant pandas, both alive and deceased. The giant panda is a conservation-reliant species, conservation-reliant vulnerable species. Wild population estimates of the bear vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 ...
* List of individual bears
The following is a list of individual bears ( other than individual giant pandas) which garnered national or worldwide attention:
Actors
* Bart the Bear, a male Alaskan Kodiak bear, played the leading role in the 1988 wilderness drama, '' The Be ...
References
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