Pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi  © Reuters
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A few days into their new home at the ZooParc de Beauval in the Loire Valley, pandas Huan Huan and Yuan Zi, are creating quite a stir.
The pair is already showing interest in each other and giving hope to zookeepers that cubs could be in their future.
The 3 year old pandas came courtesy of China on a 10 year loan.
China has been sending pandas abroad in a sign of goodwill since the 1950s, and it is hoped Yuan Zi and Huan Huan will further repair tensions between Paris and Beijing that began when pro-Tibet activists disrupted the Olympic torch relay in Paris in 2008, ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
More details and images of the pair can be seen here.