Zoo Atlanta made a special “cake” for Yang Yang to celebrate his 23rd birthday on Sept. 9, 2020. (Zoo Atlanta)ATLANTA - One of Zoo Atlanta’s resident giant pandas celebrated his 23rd birthday on Wednesday in the best possible way.Yang Yang celebrated with large ice “cake” filled with bamboo leaves and scented with Yang Yang’s two favorite scents: Tabasco and Listerine.
It was specially created by the zoo’s Giant Panda Care Team.“Other panda-perfect prizes included two smaller ice treats shaped into the numerals 2 and 3; a ‘candle’ made of sugarcane and topped with sweet potatoes; and a birthday box full of leafeater biscuits,” the zoo wrote in a release about the birthday celebration.Sign up for FOX 5 email alertsZoo Atlanta provided this.