National Zoo’s New Mother Panda Not Caring For Twin Cubs Equally
Geo Beats
2015-08-25
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Over the weekend, the National Zoo’s giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to twins, but as of late hasn’t shown an interest in caring for them equally.
Over the weekend, the National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to twins, but as of late hasn’t shown much of an interest in the smaller cub.
Favoring one cub and abandoning the other is typical mother panda behavior in the wild.
Zoo personnel, however, had planned to swap out the cubs every 4 hours to ensure each offspring gets Mei Xiang's attention.
Their efforts aren’t proving successful.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the zoo
Over the weekend, the National Zoo's giant panda Mei Xiang gave birth to twins, but as of late hasn’t shown much of an interest in the smaller cub.
Favoring one cub and abandoning the other is typical mother panda behavior in the wild.
Zoo personnel, however, had planned to swap out the cubs every 4 hours to ensure each offspring gets Mei Xiang's attention.
Their efforts aren’t proving successful.
In a Facebook post on Tuesday, the zoo
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