Panda gives birth at Washington zoo

A giant panda gave birth to a wriggling cub at Washington’s National Zoo on Friday, the zoo said in a statement.

The cub was born to 22-year-old mother Mei Xiang in the early evening, local time, the zoo said in an Instagram post that announced the “joyous news”.

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