Presenting the dynamic duo! twins born 9/3/16 (photo by Liu Songrui)
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"Cub A" shortly after birth! Lun did some cleaning, and picked up the cub right away!
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Say hello to "Cub A!" This little one was born at 7:20a, followed by its twin at 8:07a!
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Two makes a pair! Cub 2 arrived at 8:07 a.m. Stay tuned for updates!
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Lun has delivered cub 1! Birthwatch continues for cub 2. Stay tuned!
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Lun Lun is on her own schedule – if she told us when the cubs are ready, we didn’t understand her…
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And to panda cub #1! (Mei Lan in 2006)
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to these two wide-eyed goofs on their first day outside!
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ATLANTA (AP) — Atlanta’s zoo says a 19-year-old giant panda has given birth to a set of twins.
Zoo Atlanta said in a news release Saturday that giant panda named Lun Lun delivered the twin cubs at 7:20 a.m. and 8:07 a.m. Saturday morning. It’s Lun Lun’s second pair of twins.
Officials say Lun Lun was artificially inseminated in March. The round-the-clock birth watch started late last month.
Lun Lun and 18-year-old male panda Yang Yang have seven offspring together, all resulting from artificial insemination.
The pair’s first three cubs live at China’s Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan were born in 2013 and live at Zoo Atlanta.
Officials expect zoo members and guests to meet the cubs in December or early next year in January.
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