Mei Xiang 'Beautiful Fragrance' celebrates her birthday today and the keepers should have a special 'fruitie' for her late in the morning today. If you keep an eye on the Smithsonian National Zoo, live-web cam, you should be able to see her enjoying it!
Mei was born at the Wolong Panda Base in China and came to the National Zoo on December 6, 2000, along with her partner Tian Tian, 'More,More'. They have had one male cub named Tai Shan "Peaceful Mountain' who was born on July 9, 2005. Tai has since moved to China to participate in the breeding program there. He lives at the Bifengxia Panda Base near the city of Ya'an, China.
Thanks to the beautiful photography of Mei by Unka Bobby of flickr in the graphic above.
We hope you and Tian have a long stay at the National Zoo. We have loved having you here in the US, along with your beautiful son who we all miss dearly.
BIRTHDAY PHOTOS!Thanks to daniel.techie of flickr.com, we have some great photos of Mei enjoying her birthday cake. Thanks, Victor for letting us know how much she enjoyed her cake, too bad the weather is so hot!
Tian Tian, Mei's male partner also got a cake!
