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Giant Panda Gives Birth To 9th Cub In Japan

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JAPAN (CBS)
— A breeding facility in Japan is celebrating the birth of a new giant panda, but this baby bear isn't giant just yet.

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This tiny panda is the ninth cub for mom, Ruahin, a giant panda who lives at Adventure World in Japan.

The baby girl weighs less than three ounces.

Panda Bear Cub Japan
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The parents are two of five pandas living in what is considered one of Japan's most successful panda breeding facilities.

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Ruahin was also born at this facility 17 years ago.

A name for the baby panda has yet to be released.

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