Panda fans flock to Atlanta zoo for debut of Ping Ping, Fu Shuang
ATLANTA — Zoo Atlanta’s newest pandas munched bamboo and lounged Friday during their public debut as smiling visitors lined up to welcome them. Ping Ping, a male, and Fu Shuang, a female, arrived in September from China under a 10-year loan agreement, bringing the cuddly black-and-white bears back to the zoo after a two-year absence. After spending the past weeks getting acclimated to their…
Zoo Atlanta welcomed Ping Ping and Fu Shuang, two new pandas that arrived from China in September under a 10-year loan agreement, as they made their public debut on Friday. The 6-year-old pandas, who had been absent from the zoo for two years, were seen munching on bamboo and lounging in their newly renovated Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove.
Visitors, including eight-year-old Rachel Sutherland and her family from Sacramento, California, flocked to the zoo to see the pandas, with Rachel expressing her excitement over the adorable black-and-white bears. Both pandas were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in China and are distinguishable by their unique features - Ping Ping has dark circles around his eyes, while Fu Shuang has a protruding forehead.
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