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Visitors take pictures of male giant panda Bao Li in his enclosure at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, DC, on Friday. ANNA MONEYMAKER/AFP They are "as iconic as the Washington ...

Visitors watch giant panda Bao Li in his habitat Friday morning after the opening ceremony for the public debut of Bao Li and Qing Bao at Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute.