Snowstorm draws mixed reactions from giant pandas at National Zoo

Published 7:38 am Sunday, January 24, 2016

By ASSOCIATED PRESS

Giant panda Tian Tian frolicks in snow at Washington, D.C.'s Smithsonian National Zoo on Saturday, January 23, 2016. (Screenshot from Associated Press release of courtesy video from Smithsonian National Zoo)

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Male giant panda Tian Tian woke up Saturday morning to fresh snowfall in Washington, D.C.’s Smithsonian National Zoo.

He frolicked in the dense snow as more continued to fall in a blizzard hitting the East Coast.

Tian Tian is the father of Bao Bao and Bei Bei, both giant pandas who also live at the National Zoo.

Panda cub Bei Bei is not too excited over all the snow outside the panda den at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington.

The feisty youngster took it all in stride Saturday afternoon as his mother ignored her son and went for the bamboo.



Eventually, Bei Bei decided he’d had enough of the snow and moved on to the bamboo, as well.

(VIDEOS COURTESY: SMITHSONIAN NATIONAL ZOO)

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