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| Giant panda gives birth to twins at Austrian zoo | |
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| The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna’s Schönbrunn zoo last week was hiding a little secret: an extra cub. | The giant panda that gave birth at Vienna’s Schönbrunn zoo last week was hiding a little secret: an extra cub. |
| The zoo initially announced the birth of one cub on 7 August, but on Tuesday it said Yang Yang had actually borne twins, her fourth and fifth cubs after Fu Long, Fu Hu and Fu Bao. The fact that it took a while to discover the second cub is not surprising: the birth was observed by camera only, and newborn pandas are tiny. | The zoo initially announced the birth of one cub on 7 August, but on Tuesday it said Yang Yang had actually borne twins, her fourth and fifth cubs after Fu Long, Fu Hu and Fu Bao. The fact that it took a while to discover the second cub is not surprising: the birth was observed by camera only, and newborn pandas are tiny. |
| The cub whose birth was announced last week was just 10cm (4in) long and weighed 100g (3.5oz). Schönbrunn says no other European zoo has bred giant pandas by natural means. | The cub whose birth was announced last week was just 10cm (4in) long and weighed 100g (3.5oz). Schönbrunn says no other European zoo has bred giant pandas by natural means. |