Pandas are walkin’ in a winter wonderland

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With temperatures soaring Sunday, the giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo got a cool-down treat: 15-tons of snow in their outdoor exhibit. The baby, 8-month-old Zhen Zhen, did some sliding around, as did her mother Bai Yun and 2-year-old sibling Su Lin. Gao Gao, the male of the bunch, didn’t partake; he’s kept separate from the others for safety reasons. By the afternoon, the snow was turning to slush. But on May 10, the polar bear exhibit will be blanketed as part of Bear Awareness Days. To watch pandas live, check out the panda cam under the list of zoo cams on the right side of this page.

--Tony Perry