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catbyte

(34,393 posts) Sun Aug 23, 2015, 06:24 PM Aug 2015

Panda twins born 5 hours apart at National Zoo

Keeping my fingers crossed for the little ones...

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Panda twins born 5 hours apart at National Zoo (Original Post) catbyte Aug 2015 OP

Odds are good. 80% in captivity survive TexasBushwhacker Aug 2015 #1

Hooray! I didn't know there was another one! femmocrat Aug 2015 #2

TexasBushwhacker

(20,192 posts)

1. Odds are good. 80% in captivity survive

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sun Aug 23, 2015, 09:54 PM

Aug 2015

I heard on the radio that they are swapping the cubs with the mother every few hours to increase their chance of survival..

They don't really start to look like pandas until they are a few days old. They're about the size of a stick of butter at birth.

At about 1 week

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)

2. Hooray! I didn't know there was another one!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Mon Aug 24, 2015, 10:15 AM

Aug 2015

Can't wait to see the little cutie pies!

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