A pair of wild panda twins have been found in Wolong National Nature Reserve in southwest China's Sichuan Province, according to photos and video released by the reserve office Tuesday. 

This is the first time the wild panda twins have been caught on film. 

The video was recorded by an infrared camera installed near a bamboo woods at the altitude of 3,100 meters in July this year. Wang Pengyan, senior engineer in Wolong National Nature Reserve, said the two pandas might be around two years old given their moderately long snout, which is typical of a sub-adult panda.

Normally, only one twin gets to survive in the wild since the mother panda has the tendency to abandon the weaker cub due to food shortage. "Besides the intense motherhood, this rare case, however, also proves the place has sufficient food and agreeable nest that enable the mother to keep both cubs alive." Said Wang.

Wolong National Nature Reserve is the birthplace of scientific research on giant pandas in China. A great number of wild panda cubs have been filmed by infrared cameras during the recent panda survey throughout the area that started last year, signaling that their population is growing as well as showing the effective work of panda protection in the area.

( Photo and video provided by Wolong National Nature Reserve, text edited by Zhang Hao. )

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