READ ALSO: Berlin panda Meng Meng gives birth to twinsWheeled out in a glass-cased "panda bed", they were seen lounging close together on a heated mattress. Their mother Meng Meng and male giant panda Jiao Qing arrived in Berlin in June 2017 to great fanfare. READ ALSO: Berlin zoo confirms panda Meng Meng is pregnantChina lends pandas to zoos around the world -- a programme dubbed "panda diplomacy". Berlin zoo pays €13.5 million for a 15-year contract to host the adult pandas, with most of the money going towards a conservation and breeding research programme in China. Just over 400 pandas live in zoos around the world, in conservation projects set up with Beijing.

Source: The Local December 09, 2019 11:55 UTC