Mei Xiang and Tian Tian enjoyed the fresh snow in Washington, DC (Credit: Smithsonian's National Zoo/YouTube screen capture)

This week's severe winter storm, which dumped record amounts of snow in the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast, had most residents scrambling for the safety and warmth of their homes. However, the animals at the Smithsonian's National Zoo were not going to let Washington, DC's first significant snowfall in two years go to waste.