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Tai Shan is the first cub born on July 9, 2005, at 3:41 am to Mei Xiang ([mèiɕjɑ́ŋ]) and Tian Tian ([tʰjɛntʰjɛn]), the National Zoo's second pair of giant pandas. (The first pair, Ling-Ling (female) and Hsing-Hsing (male), were donated to the United States by China in 1972, shortly after Richard Nixon 's historic visit.
8 cze 2017 · Tai Shan was born at the United States’ National Zoo in 2005. He was the star of an Animal Planet documentary titled Baby Panda’s First Year, which followed him on his cute foibles in panda-ing. He left D.C. in 2010 with fellow panda Mei Lan and has been living in captivity in Sichuan province ever since.
The Zoo’s first surviving panda cub, and only the fourth nationwide, Tai Shan “is the culmination of a decade of collaborative research between the United States and China,” says David Wildt,...
22 wrz 2023 · Named Tai Shan (pronounced tie-SHON), which translates to “peaceful mountain,” after a public vote, the cub made his first media appearance at nearly 5 months old.
10 cze 2024 · As the zoo prepares to welcome two giant pandas from China, its director Brandie Smith discusses the departure of their predecessors, Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and a three-year-old cub.
Tai Shan (Template:Zh, Template:IPA-cmn, also known as Butterstick after birth and before naming) is a giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. on July 9, 2005 at 3:41 AM. He is the first panda cub born at the National Zoo to survive for more than a few days.
Visitors to the National Zoo have enjoyed watching their baby panda grow up over the last four years. Read more at...
