It’s not just football in life, there are animals too! If one would think that Kylian Mbappé lives, eats and breathes football, the 22-year-old footballer has other interests in life. Very successful with the Blues in recent days, the Paris Saint-Germain striker has many projects next to sport. If he is currently releasing a comic strip inspired by his life, he was also present Thursday at the Beauval Zoo Parc in Loir-et-Cher for a very good initiative.
On August 2, twin pandas were born there and it was yesterday that their names were revealed to the public. The opportunity to present to the world the two adorable baby pandas who are lucky enough to have two prestigious godfathers. Chinese Olympic champion Zhang Jiaqi and Kylian Mbappé accepted this role and it was they who therefore revealed the two pretty names of the twins: Yuandudu and Huanlili. “It is a great honor to be here 100 days after the birth of our two wonders (…) It is an honor but also a responsibility because, behind there is the project to protect this species which is endangered “, said Kylian Mbappé during the ceremony.
I took full eyes. I was like a child today
Delighted to be the godfather of little Yuandudu, Neymar and Messi’s teammate will not forget his experience anytime soon. “I had a remarkable day. I will remember it. I took full eyes. I was like a child today. And as they say, you should never lose your child’s soul “, he says.
To find the names of the two twins, Beauval Zoo Parc called on Internet users. “More than 122,000 French people are connected to our site to choose the first names. Yuandudu and Huanlili were acclaimed. They received more than 45% of favorable votes”, specifies to AFP Delphine Delord, deputy director of the zoo.