National Zoo pandas



Giant Panda cub Tai Shan cuddles with his mother, Mei Xiang, while they eat melon balls in the morning at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on Aug. 30, 2006. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (who's name means "peaceful mountain" in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. (Getty Images)

Giant Panda cub Tai Shan cuddles with his mother, Mei Xiang, while they eat melon balls in the morning at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park on Aug. 30, 2006. Weighing more than 62 pounds, Tai Shan (who's name means "peaceful mountain" in Chinese) turned one-year-old on July 9, 2006 and has helped draw an estimated 1.2 million visitors to the habitat since his December 2005 debut. (Getty Images)