Public gets first sight of giant panda triplets
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THE public yesterday got its first glimpse of the world’s only known giant panda triplets as the bears celebrated their 100-day anniversary at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou.
Their births at the end of July were hailed as a miracle, given the animal’s famously low reproductive rate, and fears that they might not survive have been quelled.
A video issued by the safari park showed the cubs sprawled on their fronts on a blanket in a small enclosure, nudging each other with their snouts and lying back yawning.
The two males and one female, which first opened their eyes in September, now weigh 6 kilograms each, the zoo said.
Visitors to their glass enclosure will be limited to 1,000 a day.
The celebration video traced the triplets’ lives and portrayed the two young male cubs as looking up to their sister.
“Our older sister ‘Long Long’ leads us, and we are happy,” the birthday song said.
The animals have not yet been officially named but will be soon, the zoo said.
Mother Ju Xiao, or “chrysanthemum smile,” gave birth to the triplets in the early hours of July 29.
The first ever giant panda triplets was recorded in 1999 in Chengdu, but the youngest of the trio died after just three days.
There are currently about 1,600 giant pandas living wild in China.
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