Panda Cub

The National Zoo's giant pandas have a new cub!

From the Washington Post, "[Zookeepers] praised the mothering skills of Mei Xiang, who was holding a rubber toy at the moment of birth and at first seemed surprised by her squawking cub. But she quickly gave it her full attention. 'She looked kind of startled for all of about two minutes, and then she picked the cub up,' said Lisa M. Stevens, associate curator for pandas and primates."