Clément Bargain 09:23, August 02, 2022
The panda twins Yuandudu and Huanlili celebrate their first birthday this Tuesday, August 2.
For the occasion, the Beauval zoo plans to offer them a "big birthday cake made from water, bamboo and syrup".
A year later, the binoculars arouse in any case as much interest with the public, as entrusted by the director of the park to Europe 1.
It's a milestone anniversary.
At the Beauval zoo, in Maine-et-Loire, the little panda twins Yuandudu and Huanlili are stars and they are celebrating their first birthday today and they will even be entitled to a... birthday cake on this special day. .
In their enclosure specially fitted out with plants from China, the two little balls of fur are about to blow out their first candle under the tender gaze of Rodolphe Delord, the director of the Beauval zoo.
Twins pampered for their first birthday
"A year ago they weighed 142 grams. Today they weigh 24 and 29 kilos. They are absolutely adorable. We see them playing all day with each other, playing with their mother or sleeping. And this morning, they are going to enjoy a big birthday cake made from water, bamboo and syrup", he explains at the microphone of Europe 1.
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"There are visitors who have had baby pandas tattooed on their arms"
A show that the 15,000 visitors expected for this anniversary day will be able to attend.
It must be said that the panda twins attract crowds.
"There are visitors who cross France, Europe, to see the pandas", specifies Rodolphe Delord.
"I don't know an animal that fascinates so much. We see visitors arriving and crying with emotion in front of the pandas. There are visitors who have had baby pandas tattooed on their arms. It's totally amazing “, adds the director of the park.
Visitors will also be spoiled.
Five golden tickets were slipped into the plans distributed at the entrance to the park.
They will allow them to discover behind the scenes of the zoo and to be closer to the giant pandas in the company of the keepers.