"I know he loves animals but frankly, it's crazy isn't it?
We can't get over it ”.
On the other end of the line, Delphine Delord, the co-director of the Beauval zoo, is euphoric.
And there is something.
Kylian Mbappé has agreed to become the godfather of one of the female pandas born on August 2 in the grounds of the park.
He will even be present on November 18 at the name ceremony, which French internet users will have chosen by then to designate the two infants.
After having obtained that Brigitte Macron becomes godmother of Yuan Meng (the first baby panda born in August 2017), Delphine Delord dreamed of associating the name of the world champion with one of the twins born this summer.
It was his brother who tried his luck by sending an SMS and a letter to the star striker of PSG.
“We knew that he often looked at animal documents when he was little and he also came to the Beauval zoo as a teenager,” says the park's co-director.
I think Kylian is particularly attracted to cheetahs and he says he was inspired by these felines to acquire his lightning accelerations on the ground.
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Beauval Zoo has also decided to build on its relationship with the world champion by collaborating with the association of the World champion
Inspired by KM
which supports 98 children by accompanying them on their journey until they enter working life. .
Alongside Kylian Mbappé, a Chinese champion called Zhang Jiaqi, gold medal in 10m synchronized diving at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and titled several times in recent years, has agreed to be the godmother of the other baby.
Binoculars that keep getting bigger
“They will both come to Beauval on November 18 for the naming ceremony,” explains Delphine Delord. For now, the ZooParc teams have given the twins two temporary surnames: Petite neige and Fleur de coton. “But tradition has it that all pandas in the world have Chinese names, often with poetic meanings,” explains the zoo's co-director. The list of ten proposed names has already been posted online this Wednesday morning on our site and our social networks because for the first time, the French public will be able to choose. In the space of an hour, we have already obtained more than 10,000 votes ”.
Will they be called Yuandudu, Huanlili, Anfu, Hehuan…?
Internet users to choose.
Kylian Mbappé and Zhang Jiaqi will unveil the results within a month.
While waiting for this ceremony, the twins continue to grow.
They now weigh just over four kilos each, their eyes are now wide open and they are starting to move.
For a while, the vets wondered if they were really females.
But on this point, the Beauval zoo is now certain: “We have carried out DNA analyzes and they are indeed binoculars,” specifies Delphine Delord.
It is also expected that they will return one day to China where they are brought to reproduce.
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