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Two giant panda siblings are now spending their last days in Calgary before heading to China.

On Monday, Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue were making the most of their dwindling time at the Calgary Zoo, despite the frosty temperatures, said spokeswoman Alison Archambault.

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“They’re looking great; they must know the real cold weather is coming soon because they’ve been running around outside,” she said.

Zoo officials won’t say exactly when the four-year-old male Jia Panpan and his sister Jia Yueyue will depart as part of a loan agreement between China and Canada, but it will be sometime this month.

Their stay in Calgary was extended a few months but when they return to Asia, they’ll be sent to a research facility in Chengdu, China.

“We won’t be providing any information on that, just for human and animal safety,” said Archambault.

She noted Calgarians were given a chance to say goodbye to the pair during festivities in October.