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Xi Lan Takes on the Great Outdoors |
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Giant panda cub ventures outside for the first time today Spring is here, and rumor has it Xi Lan has sprung. Monday morning, March 30, Zoo Atlanta’s giant panda cub rolled into his greatest adventure yet – tackling the great outdoors. The Zoo’s Animal Management Team decided last week that the precocious cub, 7 months old today, was developmentally ready to explore his outdoor habitat under the experienced eye of his mother Lun Lun. The early morning scene recalled a similar event in spring 2007, when Xi Lan’s older sister, the world-famous Mei Lan, toddled tentatively outside for the first time. Giant panda fans are officially forewarned: Lun Lun’s and Yang Yang’s firstborn, now 2, was dainty compared with her baby brother, in whose eyes even the most mundane of items merit curiosity and investigation. Xi Lan, Lun Lun, Mei Lan and papa bear Yang Yang can be seen daily at |
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