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
Happy Sweet 4 to Tai Shan!!I love pandas! Too bad they're endangered. But I still love them!Do well, Tai Shan!
happy birthday Tai Shan!!!!!!!! you deserve the best! (;
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TAI SHAUN!!!!
Pandas are really cute! (:
HAPPY LATE-BIRTHDAY TAI SHAN!
i love pandas!