At eight months old, Toronto Zoo panda cubs starting to like bamboo
Posted June 13, 2016 12:39 pm.
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Those adorable giant panda cubs at the Toronto Zoo are just so cute that we need to mark their milestones as often as we can.
On Monday, the cubs – Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue – turned eight months old. It seems like only yesterday they were born.
They were born to mom Er Shun on Oct. 13, 2015, and at the time, weighed only 187 grams and 115 grams. Now, Jia Panpan (the male panda), weighs 14.4 kilograms, while the female Jia Yueyue weighs 11.15 kilograms.
And as all pandas do, they are getting a taste for bamboo, their food of choice.
“Although they aren’t eating very much quite yet, they have now developed a keen interest in bamboo,” the Zoo said in a statement.
“Our keepers have observed them both carrying small branches of bamboo leaf up the platform, reclining backwards like adult pandas, and nibbling away.”
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To mark their birthday, the Zoo released photos and video of the lovable and huggable cubs. Click here to watch the video.
Haven’t checked out the pandas in-person yet? You can visit the cubs daily at the Giant Panda Experience from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
