A female panda called Chengda gave birth to the first pigeon pair this year on Tuesday in Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding said.

 

成都大熊猫繁育研究基地表示，本周二一只雌性大熊猫成大产下今年第一对龙凤胎。
 

 

The female cub¹ weighed 128.2 grams and was born at 10:57 p.m. and the male cub followed at 11:35 p.m. weighing 160.2 grams.

 

According to base staff, Chengda had been showing signs of pregnancy² since June 5, such as a loss of appetite. On Tuesday, she was restless and her waters broke in the afternoon.

 

The cubs³ are in good health. Chengda could feed them.

 

Pandas are an endangered species due to extremely low reproductive rates in the wild. In captivity⁴, they often give birth to twins and sometimes even triplets.

 

On April 24, a female panda in Sichuan gave birth to the first set of twins in captivity this year.

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