The real question is:  Will she sit on the cub?  If she does, will we be able to tell?

The Susan Crawford blog has been distracted recently by the PandaCam.  The Post tells us that the National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang recently had a cub about the size of a bar of soap.  The zoo people are keeping their distance and aren't bothering the big panda.  Instead they're watching her by video.  And you can too.

Only -- it's hard to tell which way is up with a panda on camera.  Big splotches of black and white are unreadable -- is that an ear? a cub? what's she doing?  The mother panda has her substantial back to the camera most of the time. 

I'll save you from watching -- here's a huge image with readable eyes, ears, and paws (but where is the cub?):