National Zoo pandas



Taishan, a giant panda born in the United States, looks out around his enclosure in the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center on March 9, 2010, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 4-year-old male giant panda was born in July 2005 and raised at the National Zoo of Washington D.C.  (Getty Images)

Taishan, a giant panda born in the United States, looks out around his enclosure in the Ya'an Bifeng Gorge Breeding Base of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center on March 9, 2010, in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The 4-year-old male giant panda was born in July 2005 and raised at the National Zoo of Washington D.C. (Getty Images)