Rare set of panda triplets born in China

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

The China News Service announced that Ju Xiao, the cubs' mother, and the newborns are all healthy.

Ju Xiao was impregnated back in March 2014, with a male panda's sperm from Guangzhou zoo.

The Chimelong wildlife park, where the cubs were born, says that the triplets are the only living of their kind in the world.

Rare set of panda triplets born in ChinaThe Panda triplets were born July 29.

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Looks like panda lovers are having three times as much fun today.

Chimelong wildlife park in Guangzhou, China confirmed that a triplet of pandas was born on July 29th. The newborn pandas, still nameless, are the offspring of Juxiao, another resident panda at the park. All are confirmed to be healthy and doing fine.

The wildlife center claimed the triplets to be the only living of their kind in the world. Taking that into account with panda bears being extremely rare already (less than 2000 are estimated still alive), these triple-bundle of bear joy is really quite the miracle.

Check out the gallery above and a video of the newborn pandas below, courtesy of AP.

Warning: The video includes some graphic footage of a panda birth.