In celebration of this historic event we are launching a
Giant Panda Countdown!
Did you know:
Panda cubs are born blind and weigh only 80-220 grams at birth. That's a
size of a
stick of butter! The newborns are pink in colour, with short
sparse white hair and are 1/900th the size of
their mother. If the
mother gives birth to two cubs she will only look after one of them.
When two cubs are
born in captivity keepers will help raise both cubs
using a method called "twin swapping". One baby is left
with the mother and the keepers switch the twins every few days so each one gets care
and milk directly
from the mother. Now that's teamwork!
Exhibit Opens May 18, 2013
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