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Aug 28, 2023 · Washington CNN — It was a bittersweet birthday for one of the National Zoo’s giant pandas on Sunday as he celebrated his last one in the United States ahead of a return home to China. The...
Tian Tian (Chinese: 添添; pinyin: Tiān Tiān; lit. 'More and More or “Tim Tim”') is a 275-pound male giant panda formerly at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. The panda was born on August 27, 1997, at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, to Yong Ba ...
Nov 8, 2023 · Whether he was somersaulting down a snow-covered hill, splashing in a tub filled with suds or snacking on bamboo shoots, giant panda Tian Tian captured the hearts of millions with his...
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- Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing take Washington by storm. In February 1972, President Richard Nixon and the first lady embarked on a history-making trip to China that ignited a new diplomatic relationship between the two world powers.
- “Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling do their thing-thing” Pandas next appeared on Smithsonian’s cover in September 1979, when NZCBI scientists, inspired by the birth of a panda cub conceived via artificial insemination in China, sought to replicate this success with Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing.
- Giant pandas return to Washington. NZCBI’s Panda House remained empty for just over a year, with negotiations for a replacement pair stalling over money.
- The National Zoo’s first panda cubs. Given the brief window in which female pandas are able to reproduce, just 24 to 72 hours once a year, staff took steps to ensure optimal mating conditions in 2003, the first year Mei Xiang appeared receptive to Tian Tian’s advances.
Giant pandas Tian Tian, Mei Xiang and Xiao Qi Ji began their journey to China this morning, Nov. 8, 2023.
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Tian Tian Market is an Asian supermarket brings modern East Asian and South-east Asian culture and living to London, by creating an “Everyday Lifestyle One-stop Shop” to Londoners.
Aug 27, 2023 · Asia Trail keepers celebrated giant panda Tian Tian’s 26th birthday with a special panda-friendly fruitsicle cake.
