The birthday celebration video of ‘Bei Bei’- the star Panda is going viral
National Zoo’s giant panda Bei Bei appeared to enjoy celebrating his fourth birthday on Thursday, his last before being shipped back to China. The roly-poly black-and-white bear, one of the zoo’s star attractions, was treated to a colourful “panda-friendly” frozen cake made of fruit, carrots, sweet potatoes, sugar cane and bamboo, the zoo announced.
The birthday celebration for Bei Bei – his name is pronounced as “Bay Bay” – could be viewed live thanks to the zoo’s “Panda Cam.”
Here’s the video of his birthday celebration
🐼🎂🥳 Happy birthday, #BeiBei! He chowed down on a special frozen cake this morning. Ingredients: diluted juice, fruit, sweet potatoes and sugar cane! #PandaStory pic.twitter.com/Vcsfa0HOhI
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) August 22, 2019
Bei Bei will soon be returned to China, under terms of the agreement that brought him to the US zoo on loan. The same fate awaits his sister Bao Bao and their brother Tai Shan.
Under the loan agreement, the zoo pays China $500,000 a year to support conservation efforts there, and any panda cubs born at the zoo may stay until age four.
The young panda’s name, which translates as “Precious,” was announced during a 2015 zoo visit by then-First Lady Michelle Obama and Peng Liyuan, the wife of Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
