Female giant panda cub Xiang Xiang (L) walks beside her mother Shin Shin (R) at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo on December 19, 2017.
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The zoo's longest-surviving baby panda in nearly three decades munched bamboo and cuddled with her mother, Shin Shin, while adoring visitors squealed, "She's cute," and took pictures with smartphones before being hustled out. "For me, the panda is the king of the zoo," said Takamichi Masui, 50, who queued nearly three hours to be the first person to see Xiang Xiang.
The healthy female cub was born in June, five years after her mother lost another cub within days of its birth. Xiang Xiang, whose name is written with the Chinese character for 'fragrant', was small enough at birth to fit in the palm of a hand. She now has typical panda markings and weighs around 12 kilograms.
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More than 18,000 people applied for 2,000 lottery slots to see the panda on Tuesday, NHK public TV said. There are 144 applicants competing for each available slot on December 23, the first public holiday when Xiang Xiang may be viewed.
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