Mei Xiang Allows for Great View of National Zoo's Baby Panda

Giant panda Mei Xiang at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo allowed the staff to get a good view of the cub on August 31. She put down the cub for a few minutes, leaving him alone, and allowed for this video to be taken in the den. Mei Xiang will become more comfortable leaving the cub alone for increasingly longer periods of time over the next few weeks, according to the zoo.

Mei Xiang gave birth to two cubs on August 22. The smaller of the two cubs died on August 26. Credit: YouTube/Smithsonian’s National Zoo