Panda couple Tuan Tuan (male) and Yuan Yuan have their first meal in their new habitat in the Taipei Zoo on December 23, 2008.

The pair, which was offered by the mainland as a gift to Taiwan, arrived in Taipei earlier that day aboard a charter flight from their original home in Sichuan Province.

The four-year-old pandas' arrival is part of a mainland-Taiwan animal swap agreement. In return, Taiwan will present the mainland with a pair of Formosan sika deers and a pair of Formosan serows (type of antelope).

Zoo authorities expect the pandas to meet the public during the Spring Festival, the Chinese Lunar New Year, after a one-month quarantine.