8/21/2020
Mei Xiang, the giant panda matriarch of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo, gave birth to a cub Friday and immediately began cradling and caring for it, zoo officials said.
“A precious giant panda cub has arrived! We’re overjoyed to share that Mei Xiang gave birth at 6:35 p.m. and is caring for her newborn attentively,” the Zoo tweeted Friday.
The zoo encouraged people to tune in to its “Giant Panda Cam” page to see Mei Xiang and the cub. However, some social media users were greeted with an error message less than an hour after the zoo announced the news.
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