Pandas | Cub’s older sister celebrates birthday at National Zoo

- Wednesday, August 24, 2016 - 8 years ago No Comments 2,578 Views

Liang Liang, left, formerly known as Feng Yi, a female giant panda from China, plays with her one year old female cub Nuan Nuan, at the Giant Panda Conservation Center during her 10th birthday celebration at the National Zoo in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2016. Two giant pandas have been on loan to Malaysia from China for 10 years since May 21, 2014 to mark the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two nations. (AP Photo/Joshua Paul)

Her brother got the big party, but the National Zoo’s other young giant panda is also celebrating a birthday.
Bao Bao turned 3 yesterday. That means she only has a year left at the National Zoo before she goes to China to enter its panda breeding program. China owns the pandas at the zoo and any cubs born in Washington will eventually go back there.
Bao Bao is the second of three surviving cubs born to Mei Xiang during her time at the zoo. She now weighs 180 pounds and is classified as a “sub-adult.” Pandas can begin breeding between the ages of 4 and 6.
The zoo celebrated the birthdays of Bao Bao, 1-year-­old brother Bei Bei and their father Tian Tian on Saturday. AP

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