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What's black and white and adored all over—and can cost a zoo more than three million dollars a year?
Media Release
Jul. 5, 2006
He's got chubby cheeks. He naps a lot. He eats with his hands. He lives with his mother. Not exactly the kind of character you''d expect to find at the center of high finance, international diplomacy, fan frenzy, government scrutiny, and scientific fascination. But Tai Shan is a giant panda cub, and that makes him, well, not your average bear.
Born at 3:41 a.m. on Saturday, July 9, 2005, at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park in Washington, D.C., Tai Shan is the first offspring of Tian Tian and Mei Xiang, male and female giant pandas shipped from China to Washington in December 2000. Only about eight other pandas cal the USA their home. They are indangered and must really learn to either breed in captivity, or live free, out in the wild.
Website: http://www7.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0607/feature1/index.html
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