Tian Tian, the female giant panda at Edinburgh Zoo, may be pregnant, keepers have announced.
The panda was artificially inseminated after she failed to get pregnant naturally with the zoo's male panda, Yang Guang.
The news of the potential pregnancy has been enthusiastically received online, with people celebrating a rare piece of good news this week.
Referendum game-changer: Edinburgh Zoo panda Tian Tian 'believed pregnant' http://t.co/EzOSIaIVsV (via @cghgreen)
The entire internet is depressed. But hey! Tian Tian the Edinburgh panda is pregnant!
A baby panda is on the way. A glimmer of good news in depth of the dark reports of doom & horror & violence. Go Tian Tian. Pandas rule.
Edinburgh Zoo says it's panda could well be pregnant. Tian Tian is still keeping mum...
Scotland has its queen! #tiantian #independence
The day after I change my phone wallpaper to #tiantian it's announced she's pregnant. Coincidence? Definitely, but nice to pretend otherwise
How great a job title is "Director of Giant Pandas"? http://t.co/5MulsjVkiR
Can I be the 1,057th person to commission � ways a baby panda could affect the way people vote in the #indyref” please?
This amazing picture also resurfaced.
As the pregnant panda news cheers us all up, a reminder of the best panda picture ever http://t.co/g7sN6jMQdz
As the panda news began trending, people also shared this unbelievably cute video of panda triplets born in China this week.
View this video on YouTube
England fast bowler Stuart Broad also picked the right moment to compare himself to a panda as he continues to recover from breaking his nose in the fourth Test against India last week.
Jackson thinks there's a Panda in the house!
Well done, pandas everywhere.
