For the first time a giant panda has given birth in Macau – and it was double happiness yesterday as not just one cub but twins were born – and both were even locally conceived.
The “lovely giant panda twins” were born to eight-year-old Sam Sam and her mate Hoi Hoi, who is seven years old, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) said in a statement last night.
The bureau said both the mother and the elder cub, which weighs 135 grammes, were doing fine, adding that, however, the younger cub is underweight at only 53.8 grammes. The tiny one is under the intensive care of the keepers there around the clock, the statement said.
The younger giant panda cub, which weighs only 53.8 grammes, is held in an incubator by a keeper at the Macau Giant Panda Pavilion in Coloane yesterday. Photo: IACM
Giant panda Sam Sam looks at her first-born, which weights 135 grammes, at the pavilion yesterday. Photo: IACM
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