Your morning adorable: Vienna zoo’s giant panda cub gets a name
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The giant panda born at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo in August reached a milestone -- his 100th day -- and received his name in a ceremony held at the zoo on Monday.
His name, chosen by the panda-loving public in an online poll, is Fu Hu, which means ‘Happy Tiger’ in Mandarin. Fu Hu’s older brother, who was sent to a panda breeding center in China’s Sichuan Province last year, is named Fu Long -- ‘Happy Dragon.’
Fu Hu’s parents, mother Yang Yang and father Long Hui, arrived in Vienna in 2003 through a loan program with China. They’re scheduled to return to their home country in a few years when that loan expires. Fu Hu will also move to China one day, since the conditions of his parents’ loan require any offspring they produce in a foreign zoo to be sent to China when they’re old enough.
See more photos of Fu Hu after the jump!
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-- Lindsay Barnett