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Berlin’s Panda Twins Leni and Lotti Mark First Birthday at the Zoo

The Berlin-born cubs reflect a program with prior offspring repatriated to China in 2023.

One of the giant panda cub twins Leni or Lotti plays at the Panda Garden during their first birthday party at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
The twin Panda cubs Leni and Lotti, left, play at the Panda Garden during their first birthday party at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
The twin Panda cubs Leni and Lotti play at the Panda Garden during their first birthday party at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
One of the giant panda cub twins Leni or Lotti plays at the Panda Garden during their first birthday party at the Zoo in Berlin, Germany, Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

Overview

  • Keepers marked the occasion with frozen beetroot and carrot “ice marbles” and a bamboo-shoot candle beside a large red number 1.
  • The female twins were born on August 22, 2024, and carry dual names: Meng Hao and Meng Tian in Chinese, Leni and Lotti in German.
  • Each cub now weighs about 21 kilograms after starting life at under 200 grams, according to zoo staff.
  • Personality notes from keepers describe Lotti as the bolder sibling and Leni as more laid back.
  • They are the second panda pair born in Germany, following brothers Meng Xiang and Meng Yuan (Pit and Paule), with all four cubs born to Meng Meng and Jiao Qing, who arrived in Berlin in 2017.