Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe ATLANTA, Sept. 7 (UPI) -- A newborn panda at Atlanta's zoo was under 24-hour staff watch Thursday after putting its mother Lun Lun through 35 hours of labor. Zoo Atlanta President and CEO Dennis Kelly told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution he was cautiously happy with the birth of an endangered species at the facility. Advertisement "We remain concerned because she's a first-time mom, and we're going to have to keep a careful watch," Kelly said. "Just remember that (panda) infant mortality is very high, and what we're going to be looking for ... is active nursing." The tiny panda has almost no fur, and weighs about four ounces, or about the size of a stick of butter, the report said. If the cub survives, it will be just the fifth to be born and raised successfully in a U.S. zoo. It will be months before the baby will be available for public viewing, but zoo officials said in keeping with Chinese custom, a naming contest will conclude for the cub after 100 days.
