At a theme park in Shirahama Town, Wakayama Prefecture, the panda "Kaedehama", who is 1 year and 4 months old, has become independent and has begun to be released at a facility separate from her mother.

The one who became independent is the female giant panda "Kaedehama" born in Adventure World, a theme park in Shirahama Town in November.



Pandas are animals that act alone in the wild and leave their mothers to stand alone between the ages of one and two.



Kaedehama, who weighed 157 grams when he was born, has increased to 46 kilograms, has almost all permanent teeth, and is now able to eat bamboo, the staple food, so he left his mother and moved to another facility in the park. It was moved.



Then, when the exhibition started on the 14th, a large number of people rushed in at the same time as the park opened, and I enjoyed watching them bathing and eating apples and carrots.



A man from Tottori prefecture who came with his family said, "It was very cute. I was walking firmly and felt like I could do it alone."



Ms. Tomoko Yoshida, a breeding staff member, said, "I was a little worried, but Kaedehama has an independence, so I would like to keep an eye on him."

"Kaedehama" History so far

[Birth] November 22, 2020

Kaedehama was born at only 157 grams.



Due to the spread of the new corona infection, a Chinese researcher who was always present at the birth could not come to Japan, and it was an unusual birth that only the staff of the facility faced.

[Gender was female] December 22, 2020

A month later, a press conference was held.



Initially, the gender was announced as male, but a detailed examination revealed that it was female.



Newborn babies are so small and their reproductive organs are underdeveloped that it was difficult to determine their gender by appearance alone.

[Indoor release] March 12, 2021

About 3 months after birth.



The baby is open to the public.



I gained more than 6 kilograms and started walking.



To prevent the infection of the new corona, the number of people who could see it was limited to about 20 at a time, but tourists came one after another to see the long-awaited baby at a glance.

[Name announcement] March 18, 2021

Around this time, the baby's name was narrowed down to three candidates from the approximately 110,000 cases received from all over the country, and was decided to be "Fuhin" by a subsequent vote.



Like Kaede, which changes color and changes, it contains a desire to grow abundantly.

[Second half of life] May 22, 2021

Half a year since birth.



Bamboo shoots arranged in the shape of "1/2" were presented by the breeding staff.



Kaedehama, whose deciduous teeth began to turn into permanent teeth, looked interesting and bite.



She weighed about 10 kilograms and spent more than half of her time alone, even when she was with her mother.

[1st birthday] November 22, 2021

By the time he reaches his first birthday, he has grown to over 28 kg.



The time spent alone has increased, and the time spent by parents and children has been reduced to about two hours a day.

[Last parent-child release] April 11, 2022

This is the 11th of this month.



It was the last day for parents and children to be released together.



Kaedehama occasionally approached her mother and was flirting with her spoiled appearance, but most of the time she was playing alone with playsets and eating bamboo, showing that she was ready to stand alone. I was letting you.