World's only giant panda triplets celebrate 1st birthday
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Giant panda triplets enjoy bamboo shoots during their birthday party for turning one year old at Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, on Wednesday, July 29, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The only surviving giant panda triplets on-record have celebrated their 1st birthday.
All three are said to be healthy, each weighing in at around 30-kilograms.
Dong Guixin, manager of the park in Guangzhou which is home to the cubs, says the three are now starting to become more independent.
"Now that they are a year old, the triplets are more energetic and more independent. They no longer stick together. They have begun trying to stand up. They run up and down a lot, and are even naughty sometimes."
Handlers at the zoo say the cubs are also starting to lose their baby teeth, meaning they're set to begin eating bamboo shoots and leaves.
The birth and survival of the triplets in Guangzhou a year ago is unprecedented.
There have only been 4 recorded cases of giant pandas having triplets.
At least one of the cubs died following the 3 previous births.
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