MADRID, Spain (Oct.
-- Baby panda twins have made their media debut at the Madrid Zoo, 30 days after they became the first pandas born from artificial insemination outside China.
The cubs have been bottle-fed milk and kept in an incubator since their birth Sept. 7. Spanish television on Thursday showed them curled up together on a mattress, seeming to hold hands with their tiny claws. Each animal is a little bit larger than a human hand and weighs about 2 pounds. They won't be named until they're 100 days old, in keeping with Chinese custom, and their gender is still unknown, CBS News reported.
The twins are the first pandas to be born in Spain since 1982, and only the third litter ever to be born in Europe, Chinese veterinarian Yuan Bo told China's Xinhua news agency. Yuan traveled to Spain to attend the pandas' birth and assist in their care. The artificial insemination of the pandas' mother, Hua Zui Ba, was part of a joint effort by Chinese scientists and Spain's National Research Council.
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The cubs have been bottle-fed milk and kept in an incubator since their birth Sept. 7. Spanish television on Thursday showed them curled up together on a mattress, seeming to hold hands with their tiny claws. Each animal is a little bit larger than a human hand and weighs about 2 pounds. They won't be named until they're 100 days old, in keeping with Chinese custom, and their gender is still unknown, CBS News reported.
The twins are the first pandas to be born in Spain since 1982, and only the third litter ever to be born in Europe, Chinese veterinarian Yuan Bo told China's Xinhua news agency. Yuan traveled to Spain to attend the pandas' birth and assist in their care. The artificial insemination of the pandas' mother, Hua Zui Ba, was part of a joint effort by Chinese scientists and Spain's National Research Council.
Full story with video: http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/madrids-cute-little-panda-cubs-make-debut/19666064
