Belgian wildlife park trumpets arrival of giant panda twins
Updated 23:11, 09-Aug-2019
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Chinese giant panda Hao Hao gave birth to twin cubs on Thursday at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park outside Brussels, Belgium. The mother brought a tiny male, Tian Bao, into the world in June 2016. /VCG Photo

Chinese giant panda Hao Hao gave birth to twin cubs on Thursday at the Pairi Daiza wildlife park outside Brussels, Belgium. The mother brought a tiny male, Tian Bao, into the world in June 2016. /VCG Photo

The twin pandas, a male and a female weighing 160 grams and 150 grams respectively, were born under careful monitoring by Belgian and Chinese experts. /VCG Photo

The twin pandas, a male and a female weighing 160 grams and 150 grams respectively, were born under careful monitoring by Belgian and Chinese experts. /VCG Photo

The newborns, described by the zoo as "pink shrimp" on Facebook, will be kept under constant watch to make sure Hao Hao feeds and cares for them properly. /VCG Photo

The newborns, described by the zoo as "pink shrimp" on Facebook, will be kept under constant watch to make sure Hao Hao feeds and cares for them properly. /VCG Photo

Giant pandas Hao Hao and Xing Hui arrived at Pairi Daiza in 2014 for a 15-year stay. (From left to right) The park's founder, Eric Domb, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming and Jella Wauters of the faculty of veterinary medicine at Belgium's Gent University give a press conference on August 9, 2019. /VCG Photo

Giant pandas Hao Hao and Xing Hui arrived at Pairi Daiza in 2014 for a 15-year stay. (From left to right) The park's founder, Eric Domb, Chinese Ambassador to Belgium Cao Zhongming and Jella Wauters of the faculty of veterinary medicine at Belgium's Gent University give a press conference on August 9, 2019. /VCG Photo