Baby panda celebrates first birthday at DC Zoo
By AFP
23 August 2021 |
12:03 pm
Baby panda Xiao Qi Ji celebrates his first birthday by eating a fruitsicle cake with his mother Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, in front of delighted visitors.
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