Giant panda Tuan Tuan tastes his "birthday cake" for his eighth birthday in the Taipei Zoo on Thursday, August 30, 2012. Tuan Tuan and female panda Yuan Yuan were sent to Taiwan in 2008 as a goodwill gift from the Chinese mainland. Yuan Yuan was born on August 30, 2004 and Tuan Tuan was born on September 1, 2004. Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan combined means "reunion" in Chinese. The pandas have become "sweethearts" on the island. [Photo:Xinhua]
Giant panda Yuan Yuan eats cakes in the Taipei Zoo on Tuan Tuan's eighth birthday on Thursday, August 30, 2012. [Photo:Xinhua]
Two boys at the birthday celebration for the giant panda pair Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan in the Taipei Zoo on Thursday, August 30, 2012. [Photo:Xinhua]
Giant panda Tuan Tuan eats his "birthday cake" during his eighth birthday in the Taipei Zoo on Thursday, August 30, 2012. [Photo:Xinhua]
