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National Zoo panda recovers after getting sick

WASHINGTON 鈥 Zookeepers are keeping a close eye on giant panda Bei Bei Tuesday after he got sick overnight.

Bei Bei was unsettled and experienced some nausea Monday night into Tuesday morning, the National Zoo said. Zoo staff monitored him overnight and veterinarians determined Tuesday morning that he appears to be 鈥減erfectly fine.鈥

鈥淗e is eating well and nothing unusual was found in his habitat,鈥 the zoo said in a release.

In November, Bei Bei to remove a lemon-sized mass of bamboo that blocked the cub鈥檚 intestine. Zookeepers noticed something was wrong on Thanksgiving morning when Bei Bei seemed lethargic and vomited twice.

Sarah Beth Hensley

Sarah Beth Hensley is the Digital 太子探花 Director at WTOP. She has worked several different roles since she began with WTOP in 2013 and has contributed to award-winning stories and coverage on the website.

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