Bao Bao

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Large crowds gather to watch baby panda Bao Bao and her mother, Mei, play in the indoor enclosure at the National Zoo. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times.

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Large crowds gather to watch baby panda Bao Bao and her mother, Mei, play in the outdoor enclosure at the National Zoo. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times.

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Mei, mother to baby panda Bao Bao, starts to walk back into her indoor enclosure, as Bao Bao follows for her feeding. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Large crowds gather to watch baby panda Bao Bao and her mother, Mei, play in the outdoor enclosure at the National Zoo. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times.

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Mei, mother to baby panda Bao Bao, starts to walk back into her indoor enclosure, as Bao Bao follows for her feeding. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Baby panda Bao Bao, and her mother Mei, play in the outdoor panda pavillion. Bao Bao turns one-year old this weekend. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Soon to be one-year old panda Bao Bao plays by herself as her mother Mei walks around the panda pavillion Thursday morning at the National Zoo. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Baby panda Bao Bao, and her mother Mei, play in the outdoor panda pavillion. Bao Bao turns one-year old this weekend. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Baby panda Bao Bao, and her mother Mei, play in the outdoor panda pavillion. Bao Bao turns one-year old this weekend. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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Baby panda Bao Bao climbs down from a tree after a long morning nap to play with her mother Mei at the National Zoo. Keith Lane/Special to the Washington Times

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File- In this Jan. 7, 2014 file photo, Bao Bao, a old giant panda cub sits in her indoor habitat at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington. The zoo said Monday, March 31, that Bao Bao will have access to her mother yard this week for the first time. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

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This photo provided by the Smithsonian National Zoo shows Giant panda cub Bao Bao outside with her mom Mei Xiang for the first time April 1, 2014, at the zoo in Washington. The zoo says Bao Bao tried out her climbing skills on one of the smaller trees and sat on the grass with a piece of bamboo. (AP Photo/Smithsonian National Zoo)