--- description: A giant panda cub at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, let out a sneeze while sleeping alongside his mother. title: Watch Bei Bei The Giant Panda Cub Adorably Sneeze image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch Bei Bei the Giant Panda Cub Adorably Sneeze  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 29, 2015 7:01 PM CUT  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Sep 29, 2015 7:01 PM CUT The [Smithsonian National Zoo](https://nationalzoo.si.edu/ "undefined")‘s newest giant panda cub was only [named](http://time.com/4050272/panda-bei-bei-name/ "undefined") last week and is already filling our hearts with joy. The [4-pound](http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-video-panda-cub-sneezes-hilarious-180956776/?no-ist "undefined") Bei Bei was caught on camera letting out a darling sneeze as he slept next to his mother, Mei Xiang, on Friday. The Washington, D.C., zoo released the panda cam footage on its [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/nationalzoo?fref=photo "undefined") on Tuesday with the caption, “Q: What do we call a giant panda cub sneeze? A: #BeiBei choo!” The adorable achoo is exactly what you would expect from a cub whose name means “precious treasure.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4054492/giant-panda-cub-sneeze/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4054492/giant-panda-cub-sneeze/"},"headline":"Watch Bei Bei the Giant Panda Cub Adorably Sneeze","datePublished":"2015-09-29T19:01:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:25:23.091Z","description":"So darn cute it hurts","url":"https://time.com/4054492/giant-panda-cub-sneeze/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","pandas"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4054492/giant-panda-cub-sneeze/","name":"Watch Bei Bei the Giant Panda Cub Adorably Sneeze"}}]}] ```