Cuteness break: Hey, how's that baby panda at the San Diego Zoo doing?

Ken Bohn / San Diego Zoo

The Los Angeles Times has a cute photo slideshow up with fresh shots of Xiao Liwu, the 5 1/2-month-old male panda at the San Diego Zoo, who has been receiving some health check-ups recently. The little guy was born at the zoo, and has been "on display" since last week for a few hours each day. If only... if only I could figure out who that shot above reminds me of.

Oh yeah, here it is.

Boing Boing editor/partner and tech culture journalist Xeni Jardin hosts and produces Boing Boing's in-flight TV channel on Virgin America airlines (#10 on the dial), and writes about living with breast cancer. Diagnosed in 2011. @xeni on Twitter. email: xeni@boingboing.net.

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  … as long as you buy its cheese.
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Way to ruin a good panda moment.
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This… this is like… a unicorn chaser where the unicorn dies a gruesome death!
rain_globule

lol am i the only other person who can remember doing that as a kid? what, no fellow fatties in here?
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Yes but if you remove the panda’s head there are delicious candies inside, unlike Honey Boo-Boo.
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Pandas don’t eat sketti
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  Yuh-huh! :D