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A male panda cub, nicknamed "Rio," was born Nov. 27 to mother Hu Chun, at Taman Safari Indonesia

The baby panda is the first giant panda cub born in Indonesia

Rio is under 24-hour monitoring and is growing well

Indonesia is celebrating a milestone with the arrival of the first giant panda cub born in the country, marking a significant development in global conservation efforts for one of the world’s most vulnerable species.

Taman Safari Indonesia, a conservation park in the West Java area of Indonesia, announced that the cub, a male named Satrio Wiratama and nicknamed Rio, was born on Thursday, Nov. 27, to a 15-year-old mother panda, Hu Chun. The park released photos and video showing the newborn squealing in an incubator and nestled against his mother. The images of the

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