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The first giant panda cub born in Taiwan made her much-anticipated public debut yesterday, entertaining thousands of fans who flocked to her enclosure. [Xinhua photo] |
Zoo authorities said that visitors flocked to the enclosure when the gates opened. Each was permitted to stay for 10 minutes, limiting the total entering each day to 19,200.
Zookeepers had to separate tiny Yuan Zai from her mother a few days after birth after her leg was slightly injured, and raised her in an incubator.
Mother and daughter were reunited on August 13, an encounter that saw the giant panda licking and cuddling her baby before they fell asleep together. The footage was a hit around the world.
Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, whose names mean "reunion" in Chinese, were given to Taiwan by the Chinese mainland in December 2008.