PARIS (AP) — A giant panda on loan from China has given birth to female twin cubs at a French zoo. The Beauval Zoo, south of Paris, said the cubs “are very lively, pink and plump.” The zoo said their mother, Huan Huan, is taking care of her cubs well. It says, “She took them in her mouth to lick them and clean them. We can hear little cries.” Huan Huan and father Yuan Zi are at Beauval on a 10-year loan from China aimed at highlighting good ties with France. The twins are their second and third cubs after the first panda ever born in France, Yuan Meng, in 2017. The cubs will not be named before 100 days.
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In this photo released by the Xinhua news agency, a staff member nurses the newly born giant panda cubs at the giant panda base in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province, on Monday July 20, 2009. A giant panda named Li Li gave birth to the twin female cubs at the breeding center Sunday morning, the first twin giant panda cubs born this year, according to Xinhua. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Jiang Hongjing) ** NO SALES **
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