Watch the moment giant panda, Shin Shin, gives birth to the twins at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo A giant panda has given birth to twin cubs at a Japanese zoo. Shin Shin gave birth to the cubs on Wednesday ...
Giant pandas give birth to twins about half the time, Rebecca Snyder, Zoo Atlanta's curator of mammals, told National Geographic in 2013 when Lun Lun, a giant panda, gave birth to twins there.
The birth is a "true rarity" as their mother is the oldest giant panda on record to give birth for the first time. Ying Ying delivered the cubs on Thursday, one day before her 19th birthday.
After a gestation period lasting around five months, the female giant panda gives birth to one or two cubs in the base of a hollow tree or cave. Panda bear cubs are very underdeveloped at birth ...
[6] “This birth is a true rarity, especially considering Ying Ying is the oldest giant panda on record to have successfully given birth for the first time,” said Ocean Park chairman Paulo Pong ...
BERLIN (AP) — Berlin Zoo announced Friday that longtime resident giant panda Meng Meng has given birth to twins — for a second time. The cubs were born on Thursday and are doing well ...
Tatsuko Nakao, the zoo’s vice director and veteran panda keeper, was overjoyed by the news and declared Rauhin had given birth to “a healthy boy.” “He's so healthy, Rauhin has to hold him ...
An An, world’s oldest male giant panda in captivity at Hong Kong’s ... giraffes have one of the longest gestation periods for mammals. They give birth standing up, which means their calves ...