Another pair of twin cubs was born in the panda breeding base in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan Province, early on Tuesday morning.
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![This photo, taken on September 2, 2008, shows the newborn panda cubs in the panda breeding base in Chengdu. [Photo:newssc.com]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20080903/001109b42f730a2861d54b.jpg "This photo, taken on September 2, 2008, shows the newborn panda cubs in the panda breeding base in Chengdu. [Photo:newssc.com]")
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This photo, taken on September 2, 2008, shows the newborn panda cubs in the panda breeding base in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. [Photo:newssc.com] |
The second cub only weighs 40 grams, the lightest recorded birth weight for a captive-bred panda. Experts are making every effort to keep the cub alive, Chengdu Evening News reports.
The cubs were born to a five-year-old "Fuwa", the archetype for "Jingjing the panda," one of the five Beijing Olympic mascots.
The breeding base has welcomed 17 newborn cubs so far this year, a record number which will further increase when several other expectant pandas deliver later this year.
(CRI September 3, 2008)
