Twin Pandas Give Birth to Twin Cubs
Posted on: Tuesday, 8 August 2006, 09:00 CDT
BEIJING - A pair of twin giant pandas each gave birth to twin cubs this week, bringing the number of pandas born in captivity this year in China to six, state media reported Tuesday.
Qi Zhen and Qi Yuan delivered their babies on Sunday and Monday at a giant panda research center in Chengdu, the capital of southwest China's Sichuan province, where they live, the official Xinhua News Agency said.
A 7.7-ounce panda cub was also born on Monday in another center in Sichuan, and it became the heaviest cub in the history of China's artificial breeding program, the report said.
Its mother, Zhang Ka, also set a record for the longest delivery after about 34 hours in labor, it said.
Female pandas normally become sexually mature between 4 and 5 years old. They can get pregnant once a year and usually give birth to one or two cubs at a time.
The panda is one of the world's rarest animals, with just 1,596 left in the wild, according to a 2002 government census.
Source: Associated Press/AP Online
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