17 August,2016 12:40 PM IST | | mid-day online correspondent
Giant panda Yang Yang became mother to twins at the Tiergarten Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna.
Giant panda Yang Yang became mother to twins at the Tiergarten Schönbrunn zoo in Vienna.
Yang Yang holding her twins. AFP PHOTO / TIERGARTEN SCHOENBRUNN
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The two baby pandas were born at the zoo on August 7, 2016.
Giant panda Xin Xin with her newborn cub. Pic/AFP
A giant panda Xin Xin gave birth to two male twin cubs on June 26 at the Giant Panda Pavilion in Coloane, Macau. Xin Xin and her mate Kai Kai were a gift from the mainland to the gambling enclave in 2014, arriving in 2015. (Read more)
Also in June, a giant panda on loan to Belgium from China gave birth to a cub, a rare event for the endangered species at the Paira Daiza zoologic park.
Pic/AFP
The panda named Hao Hao (pictured above) even posed for pictures while holding her cub in her mouth. (Read more)