スミソニアン国立動物園のインスタグラム(smithsonianzoo) - 10月2日 00時13分

In honor of our giant panda program, we asked for your favorite memories of the Zoo's giant pandas over the decades. These are your stories. 🐼 #PandaPalooza

"My father, Larry Collins, was the first head keeper in charge of Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing. He helped create the first panda team and learned all he could about giant pandas. He wrote a book about them and him and his keepers were drawn into a children's storybook about them. By the time I was born he was working as head mammologist at the Conservation Center in Front Royal, Virginia. But I still grew up leaning a lot about the giant pandas. Now, I'm a teacher who loves to pass on my crazy knowledge of animals." Submitted by Michelle C. of Virginia.

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Image description: a photo of an old newspaper article with the headline, "Collins Heads Panda Unit.:

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