Baby Panda Fu Long in Austria

Five month old Fu Long the giant panda, was finally unveiled to the Austrian public on 30th January, at Vienna’s Schoenbrunn Zoo.

The 16lb bundle of black-and-white fluff emerged gingerly from the nesting box where he was born - to the delight of crowds who had been anticipating this moment since August.

Currently there are only seven at European zoos - five in Vienna and two in the Spanish capital.

Historically, giant pandas were handed over by China as gifts to heads of state around the world.

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