Pandas back on display at Zoo Atlanta

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Pandas back on display at Zoo Atlanta

After two-years, the zoo celebrated the official public return of great pandas from China.

Fu Shuang moves about her enclosure during her public debut at Zoo Atlanta on Nov. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. Fu Shuang and Ping Ping arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China on Sept. 27, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Ping Ping eats bamboo during his public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

A visitor takes a photo of Ping Ping during the public debut of Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas, Fu Shuang and Ping Ping. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang eats bamboo during her public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Visitors get a close look at Fu Shuang during her public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang eats bamboo during her public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Xie Feng (second from right), Chinese ambassador to the United States, sits by Raymond B. King (right), president and CEO of Zoo Atlanta, during the opening of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove and the debut of zoo's new giant pandas Friday. Fu Shuang and Ping Ping arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China on Sunday, Sept. 27, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang eats bamboo. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Does American bamboo taste the same as Chinese bamboo? Ping Ping finds out. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Guests react during the opening of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove and the debut of Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Here's hoping that stuck-out tongue doesn't mean Ping Ping doesn't like his new home. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang sleeps after eating bamboo. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

A Zoo Atlanta staff member wears a panda headband during the opening of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove and the debut of the giant pandas Friday. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Ping Ping is seen during her public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Xie Feng, Chinese ambassador to the United States, speaks during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the opening of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove and the debut of Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Ping Ping scratches itself with his paw. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Visitors get a close look at Fu Shuang. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

A Zoo Atlanta staff member wears a panda-patterned dress during the opening of the Arthur M. Blank Panda Grove and the debut of Zoo Atlanta's giant pandas on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang eats bamboo. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Fu Shuang sleeps after eating bamboo. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Robin and Nicole Sutherland, with their daughter, Rachel, 8, flew from California to see the pandas. They take a selfie with Fu Shuang in the background as a souvenir. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Visitors get a close look at Fu Shuang during her public debut. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

Visitors enter to see pandas Fu Shuang and Ping Ping during their public debut at Zoo Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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Fu Shuang moves about her enclosure during her public debut at Zoo Atlanta on Nov. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. Fu Shuang and Ping Ping arrived at Zoo Atlanta from China on Sept. 27, 2026. (Hyosub Shin/AJC)

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