“Qing Bao is our more reserved panda, she’s a little cautious, a little bit more nervous about the new noises and sounds,” says Laurie Thompson, assistant curator of giant pandas. “Bao Li is just full of energy, he loves people, he wants to interact. Just kind of opposites.”

Bao Li's grandparents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, arrived in D.C. in 2000 and lived at the National Zoo for nearly a quarter-century. Over the years, they welcomed the zoo's first-ever surviving panda cubs.

“We are beyond excited and we cannot wait for them to get here," said Krigman.

Nearly a year ago, the two resident giant pandas and their cub at the National Zoo were sent back to China. Meet their replacements that have just arrived.

His grandparents, Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, lived at the National Zoo for nearly a quarter-century and welcomed the zoo’s first-ever surviving panda cubs, including his mother, Bao Bao.

The National Zoo has released footage of the pandas, who are now settling into their new homes at the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat. In the video, they are captured being transported,