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Remember when he looked like this just a couple months ago? Oh, how time flies—Bei Bei, the National Zoo’s newest panda and offspring of Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, now looks like this:
Bei Bei will make his public debut Jan. 16! @FONZNationalZoo member previews will be Jan. 8-15 #PandaStorypic.twitter.com/TKy3eJ9wAZ
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) November 17, 2015
Bei Bei will be on display early for members of Friends of the National Zoo, its nonprofit partner, so you still have time to add a FONZ membership to your holiday wishlist.
To tide us all over until January, let’s take a moment to revisit Bei Bei taking his first wobbly steps on Nov. 9. Naturally, the zoo’s Panda Cam recorded the moment for posterity:
Photo via Smithsonian National Zoo
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