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Giant Panda Tai Shan eats and apple off his farewell celebratory frozen cake at the National Zoo in Washington on Jan. 30. The 4-year-old panda was sent to China on Thursday to become part of a breeding program there. Ann Heisenfelt/AP
The FedEx Panda Express takes off from Dulles Airport in Virginia on Thursday. Tai Shan and another 3-year-old female panda Mei Lan, from the Atlanta Zoo, are being transported to Chengdu, China, to join the nation's breeding and conservation program. Both pandas are owned by the Chinese government and were on loan to the US. Alexis C. Glenn/UPI/Newscom
Baby Tai Shan is examined by staff at the National Zoo in Washington in August 2005. Tai Shan was the first surviving giant panda cub born at the zoo. Jessie Cohen/Smithsonian National Zoo/MCT/Newscom/FILE
A young Tai Shan and his mother Mei Xiang are seen in December 2005 at the National Zoo during Tai Shan's first outdoor excursion. Jessie Cohen/National Zoo/AP
Giant Panda cub Tai Shan celebrates his first birthday at the National Zoo in July 2006. He was given a frozen cake of fruit juice, yams, apples, and carrots. Lauren Victoria Burke/Ketchum Public Relations/AP
Isabella Lopez of Hanover, Md., holds her giant stuffed panda as she enters the National Zoo in Washington on Jan. 30. Fifty stuffed giant pandas were given away to children 12 and under as part of the farewell celebrations for Tai Shan, who left on Thursday for Chengdu, China. Ann Heisenfelt/AP
In December 2009, Tai Shan munches on an apple in his enclosure at the National Zoo in Washington. Jason Reed/Reuters
People look on as the FedEx Panda Express carrying two giant pandas, Tai Shan and Mei Lan, prepares to depart from Dulles Airport in Virginia on Thursday. Susan Walsh/AP
In his last public viewing before leaving the National Zoo in Washington for China, Tai Shan eats bamboo on Wednesday in his enclosure. Jose Luis Magana/Reuters
Tai Shan is loaded into a truck to leave the National Zoo on Thursday. Jacquelyn Martin/AP
Tai Shan is transported in his crate to the FedEx Panda Express cargo plane on Thursday at Dulles Airport. Susan Walsh/AP
Keeper Nicole Meese feeds Tai Shan some treats in his crate at Dulles Airport on Thursday before the plane took off for China. Susan Walsh/AP
Tai Shan, Washington's beloved giant panda, plays in the snow at the National Zoo on Dec. 23. Meghan Murphy/National Zoo/Reuters
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/21
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In Pictures: What happened to the green revolution in Iran?
In Pictures: Facing the devastation of the Oklahoma tornadoes
In Pictures: Sandy: Chronicle of an unrelenting storm
Photos of the Day: Photos of the day 05/20
In Pictures: Weather extremes 2013
In Pictures: The Israeli separation barrier: A West Bank wall
In Pictures: Derby Day devotees, Kenyan style
The National Zoo staff can hear the baby panda, but can't see it yet on the panda cam. Can you spot it?
A female giant panda at the Smithsonian's National Zoo is a mother for the second time, giving birth to a cub.
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