A cub is born! First photo of the cub, born today at 5:32 p.m. pic.twitter.com/CcHkRGSgHe
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) August 23, 2013
Giant panda Mei Xiang (may-SHONG) gave birth to a cub at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo 5:32 p.m. The panda team heard the cub vocalize and glimpsed the cub for the first time briefly immediately after the birth. Mei Xiang picked the cub up immediately and began cradling and caring for it.
She’s tired but well and sitting up enjoying a pot of tay. There’s toast on the way.
Watch Mei Xiang and cub here live
News from the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat (National Zoo Washington DC)
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