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15:19, 07-Jun-2018
First pigeon pair of giant panda of this year born in SW China
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The first male-female giant panda twins of this year were born in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in southwest China's Sichuan Province Tuesday morning.
This is the second pair of panda twins born at the base this year.
The first male-female giant panda twins of this year were born in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in Sichuan Province, China, June 5, 2018. /CRBGPB Photo
The first male-female giant panda twins of this year were born in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in Sichuan Province, China, June 5, 2018. /CRBGPB Photo
The female cub was born at 8:20 a.m. and weighs 135.3 grams, while her younger brother came nine minutes later and weighs 148.8 grams.
According to the base, the 8-year-old mother, Ya Yun, began to lose appetite on May 3, which was a sign that she was about to go into labor. She did so at about 3 a.m.
“Ya Yun showed a strong maternal instinct soon after her babies were born. She was able to hold the cubs quickly and licked them repeatedly,” a staff member of the base told CGTN.
A staff member of the base cleans one of the baby cubs in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in Sichuan Province, China, June 5, 2018. /CRBGPB Photo
A staff member of the base cleans one of the baby cubs in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in Sichuan Province, China, June 5, 2018. /CRBGPB Photo
Ya Yun was born on Sept. 10, 2010. She is the youngest child of Ya Ya, who was called “Princess of Asian Games” as she was born on the day of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Asian Games in 1990. Ya Ya is the elder sister of the world’s first panda twins through artificial reproduction.
(Cover: A staff member of the base feeds the female panda cub in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding (CRBGPB) in Sichuan Province, China, June 5, 2018./CRBGPB Photo)