Photos: Berlin zoo's twin panda cubs celebrate 1st birthday

Pit, Paule were the first pandas to be born in Germany and have become a star attraction

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Berlin: The Berlin zoo's popular twin panda cubs have celebrated their first birthday with a special frozen cake and a portion of snow from the penguin house.
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Pit and Paule _ Chinese names Meng Xiang und Meng Yuan _ were the first pandas to be born in Germany and have become a star attraction at the capital's zoo since they made their public debut in January.
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They are on loan from China, as are their parents.
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The cubs, who weighed less than 200 grams (7 ounces) at birth, now each weigh in at about 28 kilos (62 pounds).
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Zookeepers on Monday brought the duo a frozen cake in the shape of the figure 1, made out of beetroot juice, apples, sweet potatoes and bamboo.
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The creation was garnished with a portion of snow.
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Panda cubs Pit and Paule inspect an ice cake they got for their first birthday in their enclosure at the Zoologischer Garten zoo in Berlin on August 31, 2020.
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The panda twins Pit and Paule receive a birthday ice cake in their enclosure at the Berlin Zoo, in Berlin, Germany.
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