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See the most adorable Panda baby just after birth

This June 23, 2015, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows one of the twin panda cubs born in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The first panda twin cubs of the year met the public for the first time on Tuesday, a day after they were born in China's southwest.
This June 23, 2015, photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency shows one of the twin panda cubs born in Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province. The first panda twin cubs of the year met the public for the first time on Tuesday, a day after they were born in China's southwest.
By Rick Couri
July 9, 2015

A baby panda was born at a “panda daycare center” in China and it is leading to rare pictures and something even more unusual.

The Chengdu Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding got so excited, they wrote a short romantic description of how the mother, Meng Meng, met her mate, Meilan. The Telegraph reports the unnamed cub spurred more than 8 million visitors to the center's website.

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Pandas come into the world no bigger than a stick of butter before blossoming to as much as 330 pounds when full grown.

Giant pandas are considered an endangered species with around 1,800 left around the world.

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