Saturday marked the 50th anniversary of the National Zoo's historic panda exchange agreement with the Chinese government.
To celebrate the momentous occasion, the zoo’s most famous tenants, mama Mei Xiang and her cub, Xiao Qi Ji, ate"cake" in front of adoring crowds.
According to the zoo, it was made from frozen apple and pineapple juice, apple, carrot, pear, sugar cane, banana, and yellow groove bamboo.Zoo officials said that the dad panda, 24-year-old male Tian Tian had a similarly decorated cake later in the day.According to Smithsonian Secretary Lonnie Bunch III, once back in the U.S., first lady Patricia Nixon mentioned how much she loved visiting the pandas in China.
Hearing this, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai gifted the National Zoo its first pandas, Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing, who arrived in April 1972. After First Lady Patricia Nixon mentioned she loved visiting the pandas in China, Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai gifted to the American people the @NationalZoo’s first pandas. Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing arrived in April 1972 to great fanfare. #GP50 pic.twitter.com/eO9ZpYWu1j The zoo also celebrated the success of its global giant panda breeding program, which has helped bring the lovable creatures back from the brink of extinction.
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