Brussels: Giant panda twins born at a zoo in Belgium on Thursday face a precarious first few days but the “extremely rare” birth still bodes well for the vulnerable species, the Pairi Daiza zoo announced on Friday.
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The twin pandas, a male and a female, were born on Thursday a couple hours apart and weighed 160 grammes and 150 grammes respectively.
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The cubs, described by the zoo as “pink shrimp” on Facebook, are pink, hairless and much smaller than their parents.
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According to the World Wildlife Fund, baby pandas are 1/900th the size of their mother.
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“This double birth is wonderful news for this extraordinary species that is still threatened today,” Eric Domb, the president and founder of Pairi Daiza, said in a statement.
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The newborns will be watched around the clock and could be alternately placed in an incubator and bottle-fed to help the mother rest, the zoo said.
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An international programme for the conservation of giant pandas was established by China over 30 years ago, the zoo said.
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In 2016, the status of giant pandas was changed from endangered to vulnerable by the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
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The mother, Hao Hao, was inseminated in April. These are the second and third cubs she has given birth to at the Belgian zoo
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