It's fun to train our attention on celebrity animals for a change. And one such celebrity that has been getting much camera time since...er, cubhood days is Tai Shan ("peaceful mountain").
July 9 proved to be another day in the spotlight as the National Zoo in Washington celebrated the cub's 1st birthday, with staffers preparing "a giant fruitsicle for the cub, a frozen melange of apples, yams, carrots and fruit juices" (in photo are Tai Shan and mother Mei Xiang exploring the frozen delights).
"More than 1.2 million have visited the panda exhibit since the cub went on display last December, and more than 21 million people have linked to the panda cam Web site."
Full story at Yahoo News
Want to see more of pandas? Check out Pandafix.com and get a load of videos and other cute materials showing Tai at different stages of its first year.
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