Happy Birthday, Tai Shan

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One of the big attractions at Washington, D.C.’s National Zoo is Tai Shan, a giant panda. He was born at the zoo in 2005, and has been delighting visitors ever since. Tai Shan turns four today, and his fans have been leaving birthday messages on the National Zoo’s website.

To celebrate his birthday, the zoo’s staff made Tai Shan a birthday “cake,” but it’s really more like a Popsicle. The ingredients are water, bamboo, and beets. Yummy!

Send Tai Shan a birthday wish on the National Zoo’s website.

Learn more about Tai Shan and the zoo’s other giant pandas on the National Zoo’s website.

Get facts about giant pandas on National Geographic Kids.




Photograph courtesy Mehgan
Murphy/Smithsonian’s National Zoo

Comments

  1. Pandaloving girl
    July 12, 2009, 1:55 pm

    Happy Sweet 4 to Tai Shan!!I love pandas! Too bad they’re endangered. But I still love them!Do well, Tai Shan!

  2. melissa916
    July 13, 2009, 5:34 pm

    happy birthday Tai Shan!!!!!!!! you deserve the best! (;

  3. pandagirl789
    July 28, 2009, 4:58 pm

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAI SHAUN!!!!

    Pandas are really cute! (:

  4. TheWebkinzPanda
    November 5, 2009, 5:14 pm

    HAPPY LATE-BIRTHDAY TAI SHAN!

    i love pandas!

  5. selenamei321
    February 13, 2010, 9:35 pm

    AWWW!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAI SHAN!!! :)

  6. ilove1234
    December 8, 2010, 4:13 pm

    happy blated birthday tai shan hope your okay

  7. cuteneptune
    March 12, 2:42 pm

    I love you Tai Shan! Happy birthday!!!!! Me and a group of friends have a club to save pandas!!! So we will work hard to save your kind.! LOVE YOU!!! :)

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