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Angst and Ink: Tai Shan's Birthday

ALWAYS LOVABLE TAI SHAN, who is very much no longer the size of a stick of butter, turned three today. So washingtonpost.com videographer Anna Uhls traveled to the National Zoo to watch the requisite fawning.

He was presented with a fruitcicle cake. He ate some of it. Some of it broke apart. He ran. Exciting stuff.

The stars of this video? The Tai Shan uber-fans.

Marvel at the 12-year-old who knew the exact time of Tai Shan's birth — 3:41 a.m. Puzzle over the grown woman who spent four hours being poked by a small, ink-covered needle so that she could forever honor Butterstick with a tattoo on her shoulder.

It's two minutes and 51 seconds of time well spent.

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