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Giant Panda from Chengdu Panda Base Gives Birth to Cubs in France
A staff member takes care of a newly born giant panda cub at the Beauval Zoo in Saint-Aignan, central France, 2 Aug, 2021.
(Photo by Xinhua)
Celebrations have accompanied the birth of twin giant panda cubs at a zoo in France. The two females were born to the proud mother, Huan Huan from the Chengdu panda base, in the early hours on the morning of 2 Aug. The fanfare was immediate.
"FABULOUS! We are extremely happy to announce the birth of 2 lovely little pandas, born last night!" the ZooParc de Beauval in Saint-Aignan, central France, tweeted in French after the cubs came into the world around 1 am.
Rodolphe Delord, president of the zoo and son of the zoo's founder Francoise Delord, said: "The two babies are pink. They are perfectly healthy. They look big enough. They are magnificent."
The cubs weigh 149 and 128.8 grams, like most newborns of their species. When Huan Huan was born in 2008, she weighed only 80 grams.
Huan Huan
(Photo by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)
Huan Huan and Yuan Zi arrived in France in January 2012 at the age of three on a 10-year loan agreement and have since become big stars in the zoo, about 230 kilometers southwest of Paris.
Yuan Zi
(Photo by the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding)
