On Sunday , August 7 , the Schönbrunn Zoo in Vienna , Austria denote that its distaff gargantuan panda , Yang Yang , had given birth to a single cub . Now , the menagerie has twice the cause for celebration : According toThe Guardian , Yang Yang actually delivered twins — but animal keepers did n’t spot the second babe until days later , and substantiate on Friday , August 12 .
The Schönbrunn Zoo relies on natural nurture , so they did n’t interpose during Yang Yang ’s bear process . Instead , they supervise her progression via camera . Pictures only showed one baby , ABC News report , so the zoo initially assumed that Yang Yang — who ’s also the female parent of three other pandas , Fu Long , Fu Hu and Fu Bao — hadn’t produced extra offspring .
Animal keeper suspected there might be another sonny after they heard special squeaks arrive from the breeding box . However , the twin ’s presence was n’t officially aver until afterward on , when the camera captured Yang Yang cuddle the two infants , a zoo news waiver res publica .
The next few weeks are pivotal for the baby ' survival . distaff colossus bear cat give birth to twinsaround 50 pct of the sentence — but often , only one survives . ( Experts think this is because the mother chooses to manage for the secure baby . ) Plus , a baby panda ’s survival pace for its first few year of biography is only 50 percent . To play it safe , Schönbrunn Zoo officials say they ’ll follow Formosan custom , and wo n’t name the panda twins until after they ’ve lived for more than 100 day .
In the lag , the zoological garden says , the newborns are doing well . " Both puppy have small rich stomach , and mother panda Yang Yang is very relaxed , ” animal scientist Eveline Dungl said in the menagerie ’s news release . Yang Yang reportedly warms the baby between her paw , and they ’re already shoot their signature mordant - and - white frippery .
Members of the public will be able to chit-chat the twins once they ’re about four months old , the menagerie says . Until then , you’re able to watchthe Associated Press ’s videoof the endearing newborns below .
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