Babmboo connoisseur. Professional napper. Master charmer. Now, a red panda at the San Diego zoo can add escape artist to its resume.
Officials for the zoo said a female red panda escaped from her enclosure at the Zoo's Panda Canyon Sunday by climbing into a tree next to her habitat.
Video from zoo guest Allison Fortson showed the red panda high in a tree with buckets from the Skyfari aerial tram system passing overhead. The SkyFari transit line is just north of the red panda enclosure, so it does not appear the tree-climber strayed too far. Once the zoo was aware the panda was out of the enclosure, officials closed off parts of the park surrounding the tree she scaled, and recalled the panda back into her habitat.Sign up for NBC Bay Area’s Housing Deconstructed newsletter.
While the zoo did not name the suspect, an Instagram post about two months ago said a female named Adira was recently paired with their male, Lucas, as part of red panda breeding plan.
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