South Korean zoo welcomes big panda twins

A South Korean zoo has welcomed the primary big panda twins to be born within the nation.

The twins, each feminine, had been born on the Everland theme park close to the capital Seoul on Friday, the zoo introduced in a video on YouTube.

“This seems like an important alternative to name for higher safety and preservation of pandas, which have turn into a logo for endangered species,” zoo head Donghee Chung stated.

The primary twin weighed 180 grams and the second, which arrived virtually two hours later, weighed 140 grams.

Chung stated 40 to 50 per cent of panda births end in twins.

China has been sending its black and white ambassadors overseas as an indication of goodwill for the reason that Fifties as half of what’s often called “panda diplomacy”.

The delivery of the twins comes virtually three years after Fu Bao, the primary panda to be born in South Korea, got here into the world with the identical mother and father Ai Bao and Le Bao.

“In comparison with when Fu Bao was born, there are two of them this time and I believe (the mother and father) have to be twice as blissful,” zoo keeper Cherwon Kang stated.

The mom Ai Bao’s labour was smoother than throughout her first being pregnant, Kang stated, including that he felt moved by the way in which she dealt with the supply and her show of motherly love.

Fu Bao is because of be returned to China by July subsequent yr on the newest, the zoo stated.

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