Adventure World adds newborn to panda populace
WAKAYAMA — A giant panda gave birth to twins at a theme park in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture but one was stillborn, the park's operator said Saturday.
It's a girl!: Giant panda Rauhin takes care of a newborn cub Saturday at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. KYODO
Rauhin, 11, gave birth to sisters Friday afternoon at Adventure World. The surviving cub, which weighs 167 grams and is 22 cm tall, brings Adventure World's panda population to nine, making it the largest captive panda population outside of China.
The park confirmed that Rauhin mated with a 19-year-old male panda named Eimei between late March and early April.
Rauhin, born at the park in 2000, gave birth to twins in September 2008 and in 2010.
It's a girl!: Giant panda Rauhin takes care of a newborn cub Saturday at Adventure World in Shirahama, Wakayama Prefecture. KYODO
Rauhin, 11, gave birth to sisters Friday afternoon at Adventure World. The surviving cub, which weighs 167 grams and is 22 cm tall, brings Adventure World's panda population to nine, making it the largest captive panda population outside of China.
The park confirmed that Rauhin mated with a 19-year-old male panda named Eimei between late March and early April.
Rauhin, born at the park in 2000, gave birth to twins in September 2008 and in 2010.
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