Panda cub at National Zoo plays in snow for the first time
By:
Shannon Nolan
Posted: Jan 4, 2022 1:27 PM EDT

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The National Zoo shared video of their 16-month-old panda cub, Xiao Qi Ji, playing in the snow for the very first time on Monday.
The Washington DC zoo said that in 2021, the giant panda cub was a “little wary during his first encounter with snow.”
2022’s first snow day was a different story.
The zoo said the 16-month-old “plowed face-first into the fresh powder.”
A winter storm blanketed much of the nation's capital in snow on Monday, causing government offices and schools to close.
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