One year ago, he was nearly hairless, pink and weighed about four ounces, less than most bagels. On his first birthday, giant panda Tai Shan is an active, 56-pound cub and the star attraction of the national zoo. Tai Shan, whose name means peaceful mountain, still nurses and eats bamboo, but for his birthday zoo staffers prepared for the cub a giant fruitsicle—a frozen mélange of apples, yams, carrots and fruit juices.

Austin American-Statesman July 10, 2006