세계 첫 쌍둥이 판다, 중국 청두서 탄생 Giant panda twins born in China

Giant panda twins born in China

PHOTO: The twins are the first offspring for mother Yali. (Supplied) 

  6월 23일 청두(成都) 판다 번식 연구기지에서 촬영한 쌍둥이 판다. 

이날, 청두 판다 번식 연구기지의 암컷 판다 '싱야(星雅)'가 쌍둥이 판다를 순리롭게 출산했다. 

그들은 올해 세계에서 탄생한 첫 쌍둥이 판다 자매이며 지금 어미와 새끼 판다의 신체 각 지표가 모두 정상이다.

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Updated Wed at 10:06pm

Baby panda twins

The first endangered giant panda twins of 2016 were born at a Chinese breeding research base on Monday, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV says.

The two healthy females weighing 144 grams and 113 grams, are the first offspring of mother Yali, who gave birth at the Chengdu giant panda breeding research centre in south-west China's Sichuan province.

"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.

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

The first single panda cub born this year was also born at the giant panda breeding centre in Chengdu in May, to nine-year-old panda Aibang.

Pandas an 'umbrella species' for conservation

Giant panda numbers have been hit by human encroachment on China's highlands where they survive almost entirely on a diet of bamboo.

But world nature organisation WWF said a survey in 2014 found 1,864 giant pandas living in the wild, almost double the number of the late 1970s.

Giant panda Aibang with newborn in China

PHOTO: Aibang gave birth to the year's first cub, also in Chengdu.

While critics of panda conservation efforts argue that too many resources are invested to save a single species, research has shown giant panda conservation provides a "protective umbrella" for a number of species.

A 2015 study published in Conservation Biology found that 70 per cent of China's endemic forest mammal and bird species share the giant panda's habitat.

"Investing in almost any panda habitats will benefit many other endemics," the study concluded.

While pandas struggle to reproduce in captivity, better knowledge of their needs has seen an increase in births in recent years with seven born at the Chengdu base last year.

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