SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — An enormous panda has given beginning to squirming, squealing wholesome twin women at a South Korean theme park.
Ai Bao gave beginning to her cubs final Friday on the Everland theme park close to Seoul, the park’s operator stated Tuesday.
It launched video of the beginning and the mom caring for her newborns, in addition to veterinarians inspecting the tiny cubs.
They are the primary panda twins born in South Korea, Samsung C&T Resort Group stated.
Both Ai Bao and her newborns are in good well being, the resort group stated within the assertion.
Decades of conservation efforts within the wild and research in captivity saved the panda species native to China from extinction, growing its inhabitants from fewer than 1,000 at one time to greater than 1,800 within the wild and captivity. The life expectancy of a large panda within the wild is about 15 years, however in captivity they’ve lived to be as outdated as 38.
The South Korean resort group stated it is going to observe the cubs’ well being and development to find out when to unveil them to the general public. Meanwhile, the group stated it is going to use social media to point out off the cubs.
Ai Bao and a male panda, Le Bao, got here to the park in 2016 from China on a 15-year lease. In 2020, Ai Bao gave beginning to a feminine cub named Fu Bao.
Ai Bao, Le Bao and Fu Bao had been the one pandas in South Korea. Everland’s Panda World, which homes the three pandas, has acquired 14 million guests, in accordance with the resort group.
