Tai Shan no longer looks like a baby. He was born July 9, 2005 weighing 1.8 pounds. He now weighs 125. He could eventually grow to twice that size. He put on a great show for us while we were at the zoo. It is amazing to see how agile a 125 lb. panda can be while high up in a tree.
This is one of the younger Western lowland gorillas at the National Zoo. He was grazing on grass and pretty much ignoring everyone.
The zoo has 4 Orangutans. They were putting on quite an amazing show for the morning crowd. The Orangutans have the option of using a 400 ft. long 'O' line that connects two buildings and they make good use of it.
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when I was at the national zoo back in 2004 I LOVED watching the orangutans!!
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