Double happiness as China welcomes first giant panda twins of 2016

[yuiyoshida]

LONDON – Two healthy baby giant pandas were born at a Chinese breeding research base Monday, the first twins of the endangered species born this year, media said.

The two females, weighing 144 grams (0.14 kg) and 113 grams, are the first offspring of mother Yali, who gave birth at the Chengdu giant panda breeding research base in southwest China’s Sichuan province.

The unnamed twins are being kept in an incubator and taken out periodically to be fed, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

“The twins are quite healthy, their voices are quite clear, relatively speaking their fur and physical traits are all quite healthy,” said one of their feeders, Tang Juwen.

Giant pandas have seen their numbers hit by human encroachment on the highlands where they survive almost entirely on a diet of bamboo.

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/06/22/asia-pacific/science-health-asia-pacific/double-happiness-as-china-welcomes-first-giant-panda-twins-of-2016/

[bigwillq]

1. Awww

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2. Two kisses for babies.

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3. Hairy pink gummie bears!

Cuteness overload!

[Phentex]

4. Fun!

I love pandas. Will be fun to watch these grow up.