Giant panda gave birth to twins |
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| The photo taken on July 5 shows the mother panda with one of its cubs2. |
| July 6 - Eight-year-old panda Shu Qing gave staff at the Research Base for Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu a pleasant surprise - she gave birth to twins.
It brought the total number of pandas at the base to 62.
At 12:59 pm yesterday, Shu Qing, who had been pregnant for 122 days, gave birth to a male cub1 11 cm long and weighing 146.5 g. At 18:26 pm, she gave birth to a female panda of the same size, but weighing 129 g.
After the first cub, we did not expect a second one, Lan Jingchao, a researcher at the base, said.
Both cubs are healthy, and the mother is doing fine, he told China Daily.
Shu Qing previously3 gave birth to a male cub in 2004, through artificial insemination.
Panda base staff believe Shu Qing will be a good mother because of her experience.
A 21-year-old panda gave birth at the base last Saturday. She became the oldest panda in the world to give birth.
It is very rare for pandas of more than 20 years of age to give birth. They breed at four and normally stop before 20, Zhang Zhihe, head of the base, said.
Another seven pandas are likely get pregnant this year, he said.
Giant pandas, also known as "living fossils", are among the world's most endangered species.
At the end of last year, only 1,590 pandas existed in the wild, mostly in the mountains of Sichuan, and 217 in captivity4.
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cub
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| n.幼兽，年轻无经验的人 |
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- The lion cub's mother was hunting for what she needs. 这只幼师的母亲正在捕猎。
- The cub licked the milk from its mother's breast. 这头幼兽吸吮着它妈妈的奶水。
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cubs
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| n.幼小的兽，不懂规矩的年轻人( cub的名词复数 ) |
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- a lioness guarding her cubs 守护幼崽的母狮
- Lion cubs depend on their mother to feed them. 狮子的幼仔依靠母狮喂养。 来自《简明英汉词典》
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previously
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| adv.以前，先前（地） |
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- The bicycle tyre blew out at a previously damaged point.自行车胎在以前损坏过的地方又爆开了。
- Let me digress for a moment and explain what had happened previously.让我岔开一会儿，解释原先发生了什么。
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captivity
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| n.囚禁；被俘；束缚 |
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- A zoo is a place where live animals are kept in captivity for the public to see.动物园是圈养动物以供公众观看的场所。
- He was held in captivity for three years.他被囚禁叁年。
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