Giant pandas


In this photo provided by the San Diego Zoo, the youngest panda at the San Diego Zoo eats a birthday cake made of ice, bamboo and apples to celebrate his first birthday on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2010 in San Diego.




Panda bear 'Shuan Shuan' is seen at the Guadalajara zoo on July 20, 2010. The Panda bear will be in Guadalajara for six months -- for the first time -- and will then be returned to Mexico City where it lives.



Giant pandas Shuxiang (L) and Qimiao enjoy a birthday "cake" made of apples, ice, carrots and bamboos at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research Base in Chengdu, Sichuan province July 26, 2010.




A businessman reads a book beside a huge giant panda doll at the Ueno station in Tokyo, on July 30, 2010. A pair of Chinese giant pandas are headed for Tokyo's Ueno Zoo soon, where the fluffy bamboo eaters are set to delight the crowds from early next year, Tokyo metropolitan government announced July 27.




In this photo provided by China's Xinhua News Agency, Giant panda "Ju Xiao" holds its baby at the Bifengxia base of the Chinese giant panda protection and research center of Wolong, in Ya'an, a city of southwest China's Sichuan Province, Tuesday, July 27, 2010. Giant panda "Ju Xiao" gave birth to twins at the Bifengxia base on July 27.




A giant panda plays at the Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on August 3, 2010. There are only 1,590 remaining pandas in the wild, mostly in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, as another 290 are in captive-bred programmes worldwide, mainly in China, according to official reports.




In this Monday, Aug. 2, 2010 photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a giant panda relaxes in a air-conditioned room in Fuzhou, capital of southeast China's Fujiang Province. While the highest temperature in Fuzhou reached 37 degrees Celsius on Sunday, the zoo also provides animals with various means to escape the heat.



A giant panda plays at the Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on August 3, 2010. There are only 1,590 remaining pandas in the wild, mostly in Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu provinces, as another 290 are in captive-bred programmes worldwide, mainly in China, according to official reports.




In this photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, twin baby pandas are seen in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Friday Aug. 6, 2010. A panda named as Qizhen gave birth to the twin baby pandas Friday afternoon in Chengdu, Xinhua said.




Zhen Zhen, a three-year-old panda at the San Diego Zoo celebrates her birthday with a cake made of ice and bamboo on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2010 in San Diego.


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