Aging Panda Superstar Celebrates Her 25th Birthday

CRI Online: An elderly female panda gnawed a huge birthday cake while waving a bunch of flowers to the audience watching the special celebration Sunday at a panda park in this capital city of east China's Fujian Province.

The giant panda named Basi was celebrating her 25th birthday, which is equal to the age of 100 of human being. Basi has far outlived the normal panda life expectancy of about 12 years.

The famous superstar with regular appearances on Chinese television is a nimble weight lifter, basketball player and cyclist.

Basi toured the United States for six months in the late 1980s to promote wildlife conservation and was a great hit in its western coastal areas.

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[donna]

Thanks for posting these lovely pictures on here.