A set of twin panda bears were born at a Berlin zoo, the first such birth in Germany, the Associated Press reported.

Zoo Berlin said Monday that Meng Meng gave birth to a hand-sized pink cub on Saturday.

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An hour later, the twin was born.

“She placed the tiny creature gently on her belly and began to warm it lovingly with her big paws, warm breath, and the soft fur of her cheeks," the zoo wrote in a statement obtained by AP.

Meng Meng and her partner Jiao Qing arrived from China in June of 2017.