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I've been watching these pandas on the webcam and I was fortunate to visit the National Zoo in Washington DC from December 9 - 14, 2007 and finally see the pandas in person.
The NZ has 3 pandas, mother "Mei Xiang", father "Tian Tian" and their two and a half year old cub "Tai Shan".

I've added a few more photos from my unexpected visit to the NZ (24 hours flight delay in Washington) on May 19,2008.

National Zoo panda cam: http://home.comcast.net/~anthony.soprano/cams/2cubcamsPANDAS_smaller.htm