Panda cub gets his name

San Diego panda dubbed "Little Gift".

By Vetstreet

Following Chinese tradition, the San Diego Zoo waited until after its sixth panda cub was 100 days old before holding a traditional naming ceremony for him.

Panda cub Little Gift(Photo: YouTube San Diego Zoo)

On Tuesday, officials announced that mom Bai Yun's youngest cub would be called Xiao Liwu, which means "little gift." [Pronunciation is sshyaoww (falling then rising tone) lee (falling then rising tone) woo (falling tone).]

The chosen name was one of 7,000 that were submitted to the zoo, with the explanation, "this cub is such a precious, little gift to our world."

The name was chosen by the public in a poll that had 35,000 votes.

Photo: YouTube / San Diego Zoo

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