The first giant panda in Indonesia is ready to charm the public

With its characteristic black and white fur, the first giant panda born in Indonesia is growing and thriving ahead of its public debut this month.

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Satrio Wiratama was born last November at Taman Safari Indonesia, a zoo in Cisarua, West Java, to a pair of pandas loaned from China to Indonesia.

Inside the enclosure built to house his parents, the 170-day-old cub, whose name means “brave and noble warrior,” played with a panda plush toy and a bamboo teether.

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His mother, Hu Chun, and his father, Cai Tao, arrived in Indonesia in 2017 when both were seven years old as part of the “panda diplomacy” aimed at celebrating 60 years of bilateral relations between the two countries.

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