PHOTOS: Baby panda Yuan Zai unveiled in Taiwan
January 6, 2014
Security guards hold back crowds viewing Taiwan's six-month-old panda cub Yuan Zai during her first public display at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The panda cub, whose parents were gifts from China to Taiwan in 2008, was unveiled to her adoring public Monday, as long lines of boys and girls and children of all ages queued up at the zoo to see the cub cavorting around her enclosure. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Pandamonium )
Yuan Zai (top) , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, hugs her mother Yuan Yuan inside an enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777322 )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, is carried by a staff member at the Taipei City Zoo on January 4, 2014. The first Taiwan-born giant panda cub was unveiled to the media on January 4 in a warm up for her highly-anticipated public debut next week. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images ( 525750670 )
Taiwan's six-month-old panda cub Yuan Zai, right, and her mother Yuan Yuan are viewed by the public for the first time at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The panda cub, whose parents were gifts from China to Taiwan in 2008, was unveiled to her adoring public Monday, as long lines of boys and girls and children of all ages queued up at the Taipei zoo to see the cub cavorting around her enclosure. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Pandamonium )
Yuan Zai (bottom L) , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, and her mother Yuan Yuan climb inside an enclosure as a visitor takes photos at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777210 )
Taiwan's six-month-old panda cub Yuan Zai hangs precariously from logs as she is viewed by the public for the first time at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The panda cub, whose parents were gifts from China to Taiwan in 2008, was unveiled to her adoring public Monday, as long lines of children of all ages queued up at the Taipei zoo to see the cub cavorting around her enclosure. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Pandamonium )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, climbs inside its enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777266 )
A worker applies a decal on a glass advertising Taiwan's six-month-old panda cub Yuan Zai's first public viewing at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The panda cub, whose parents were gifts from China to Taiwan in 2008, was shown to the public for the first time Monday, as long lines of visitors of all ages queued up at the zoo. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Pandamonium )
A visitor looks at panda soft toys, on sale to mark the zoo's newest attraction - Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda - at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777258 )
Yuan Zai (R) , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, walks past as her mother Yuan Yuan as she eats inside an enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777213 )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, lies inside an enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 4, 2014. The first Taiwan-born giant panda cub was unveiled to the media on January 4 in a warm up for her highly-anticipated public debut next week. SAM YEH/AFP/Getty Images ( 525750620 )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, climbs inside its enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777288 )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, climbs inside its enclosure as visitors takes photos at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777219 )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, plays inside its enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777290 )
Taiwan's six month-old panda cub Yuan Zai hangs precariously from logs as she is viewed by the public for the first time at the Taipei Zoo in Taipei, Taiwan, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. The panda cub, whose parents were gifts from China to Taiwan in 2008, was unveiled to her adoring public Monday, as hundreds of visitors queued up at the zoo. (AP Photo/Wally Santana) ( Taiwan Pandamonium )
Yuan Zai , the first Taiwan-born baby panda, climbs inside its enclosure at the Taipei City Zoo on January 6, 2014. Yuan Zai, who weighed 180 grams (6.35 ounces) at birth, now weighs about 14 kilos (31 lbs) and make made her anticipated public debut as she turned six months old. Mandy Cheng/AFP/Getty Images ( 525777263 )
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