Bao Bao

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A member of the media videotapes a wall of flat screen monitors depicting Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, right, as she naps in the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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A wall of flat screen monitors depict the giant panda indoor habitat as Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, takes a nap at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the media crowd around to see Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, as she explores the giant panda indoor habitat near her mother Mei Xiang, right, at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Mei Xiang, the mother of Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, looks for more bamboo from zoo keepers at the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Members of the media crowd around to see Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, as she explores the giant panda indoor habitat near her mother Mei Xiang, right, at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Animal Keeper Marty Dearie brings out Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, at the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, explores near her mother, Mei Xiang, as she explores the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, sits near her mother, Mei Xiang, as she explores the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, looks at her mother, Mei Xiang, as she explores the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Animal Keeper Marty Dearie talks to Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, at the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Animal keeper Marty Dearie carries Bao Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda cub, as she makes her public debut at an indoor habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014. Bao Bao, who now weighs 16.9 pounds (7.65 kilograms), was born to the zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

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Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, explores the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)

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Bao Bao, a 4 1/2 month old giant panda cub weighing in at just under 17 pounds, explores the giant panda indoor habitat at the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., Monday, January 6, 2014. (Andrew Harnik/The Washington Times)