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Tokyo's panda cub is a male
Posted by Jeroen Jacobs | Date: 2012 07 10 | In:
Ueno Zoo
Ueno Zoo released photographs of its newborn giant panda, showing mother Shin Shin breastfeeding the tiny cub.
The cub’s sex was confirmed on July 7.The cub is a male!
Zoo officials estimate the baby panda is about 15 centimeters long and weighs 150 grams. Its body is lightly covered with white fur, they said.
“Even though she is a new mother, Shin Shin takes very good care of her cub,” said Yutaka Fukuda, deputy director of the zoo. “I’m sure she will be a good mother.” But the cub is also spending some time in the incubator.
The yet-to-be-named baby is the fourth giant panda born at the zoo, and the first in 24 years.
Source: Ueno Zoo
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