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January 12, 2022 at 17:25 JST
Giant panda twins Xiao Xiao, top, and Lei Lei play in their pen at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo on Jan. 12. (Provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society)
Anticipated pandemonium over the debut of giant panda twins at Tokyo’s Ueno Zoo was averted with a decision to initially put the animals on limited public display as a precaution against the spread of the surging Omicron variant of novel coronavirus. [Read More]
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