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Joining me now is dr. brandy smith, the senior curateor at the national zoo. how did bao bao and her mother take the separation? any hesitation or was it just a natural time to do it? >> it was the natural time to do it. bao bao's taken to the separation very naturally, very easily. her mother is having a little bit harder time with it. >> typical, speaking as a mother, you hate it with the kids go. but routine now, i understand bao bao is a little bit of a night owl. she's playing out there when her mom's not around. >> until now, her schedule's been dominated by her mother. the first night s...

>> oh, i guess that's the only reaction you can have. >> she's a little sleepy this morning. >> meet bow bow, the national zoo's baby panda. her name is chinese for precious treasure, and that's what she's become to washington and the world. she turns six months old today. and this week, we were allowed to participate in a training session. brandy smith is senior curator of mammals at the zoo. >> one of the things we're trying to teach her is to come toward a target. so you call her name. you can tap it on the edge. >> at first, she paid as much attention as my own children did as babies. but ...

Normal family pets, what is the best advice for what you do in this kind of situation if this deep freeze continues? >> if you have animals that are outdoors, the best thing you can do is bring those animals inside. so if they're regularly outdoors, bring them inside when it's as cold outside. make sure that their food isn't frozen, that their water isn't frozen, that they always have access to those things. but even that they're used to the outdoors, this temperature is just a little too cold for them. >> and are the pandas the ones that are enjoying this the most? >> the pandas are definitel...

Cold this is. global warming how over the past 30 days there have been 1,000 or so -- probably about 1,000 record highs across america. there have been half of that for record lows. so even though it feels cold, it still has been warm over the past 30 days. it's global. it's not where you live. i know global where you live things like you to the safeway and back that's your globe. we're talking about like australia. 100 degrees. 115 down there in some spots. hot in some spots, cold in others. that's the way it goes. >> chad myers, thank you very much indeed. now to dr. brandy smith from animal...

Global warming? i'm about to talk to philippe cousteau about that. what is your sense, chad, what is going on here? >> reporter: i've heard all the chatter about global warming how cold this is. over the past 30 days there have been 1,000 or so -- probably about 1,000 record highs across america. there have been half of that for record lows. so even though it feels cold, it still has been warm over the past 30 days. it's global. it's not where you live. i know global where you live things like you to the safeway and back that's your globe. we're talking about like australia. 100 degrees. 115 d...