The Asian Reporter
Pacific Northwest News q Volume 24 Number 16 q August 18, 2014 q www.asianreporter.com
Giant panda Xiao Liwu
celebrates second birthday
China announces birth
of rare panda triplets
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Indian leader warms
ties during Nepal visit
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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO WU. Xiao Liwu, a male giant panda at the San Diego Zoo, has turned two years old. The young panda, whose name means little gift, re-
ceived a birthday party complete with cake and presents. His four-foot-tall ice cake topped with a big number 2 was filled with apples, carrots, and yam slices — some
of his favorite treats. (Photo/Ken Bohn, courtesy of the San Diego Zoo)
Xiao Liwu, a male giant panda at the
San Diego Zoo, turned two years old last
month. The young panda, whose name
means little gift, received a birthday party
complete with cake and presents. Xiao
Liwu emerged from his den on his special
day to find a four-foot-tall ice cake topped
with a big number 2 and filled with apples,
carrots, and yam slices — some of his
favorite treats.
The birthday bear, called Mr. Wu by his
keepers and panda fans, went directly to
the two-tiered cake and began eating the
slices of fruits and vegetables layering the
top tier of the icy treat. After consuming
the slices, he patiently waited for the ice to
melt so he could eat the fruit frozen within
the tiers. He later climbed on top of the
cake and chewed on the bamboo stalks
frozen inside the decorative elements
before venturing off to check out his gifts —
boxes filled with hay, alfalfa, and pine
shavings scented with cinnamon.
Xiao Liwu’s cake, which weighed 100
pounds, was made by the zoo’s nutritional
services team and took weeks to create. It
consisted of water frozen into layers
colored with food coloring and supported
by tiers of bamboo stalks. It was decorated
with sliced fruits and vegetables, bamboo,
colored pieces of ice cut into star shapes,
and pureed yam frosting.
The cake and gifts are a form of enrich-
ment that are important to the panda to
keep him stimulated and active and allow
him to show his natural behaviors.
Keepers describe Mr. Wu as an
extremely smart and precocious cub. He
likes playing in a long, plastic tray filled
with ice cubes, but once the cubes melt, he
comes out. He also enjoys rolling in
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