![]() The public viewing period is limited to two hours in the morning. Groups of six people at a time were allowed to enter the panda quarters, where they could remain for one minute. Zoo staff Naoya Ohashi lamented the scaled-down debut and said he hopes many more people can see the panda cubs after coronavirus infections slow. The zoo is open only for the twin panda exhibit until Friday, with 1,080 visitors who won slots in a competitive lottery granted access each day. The zoo has been closed since Tuesday as the highly transmissible omicron variant spreads rapidly across Japan. In preparation for their debut, the twins and their mother were placed in a shared living quarter where they were exposed to sounds from a radio to get used to noise and voices from visitors. ![]() ![]() They enjoy climbing trees and playing together on the wood chips on the ground, according to the zoo. The twins, which were palm-sized pink creatures when they were born, now weigh as much as a toddler each and have developed black-and-white fur. Twin panda cubs made their first public appearance Wednesday before their devoted fans but only briefly – just for three days for now – due to the upsurge of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. This photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society, shows Japanese-born twin pandas, Lei Lei, center, Xiao Xiao, left, and their mother Shin Shin at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan.In this photo provided by Tokyo Zoological Park Society, visitors use smartphones to take pictures of Japanese-born twin pandas and their mother at Ueno Zoo in Tokyo, Wednesday, Jan.Souvenir products of the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei are sold at a shop as the panda cubs made their much-awaited first public appearance Wednesday, Jan.Twin panda cubs made their long-awaited first public appearance Wednesday before their devoted fans but only limited to three days as their zoo has to close amid the upsurge of the highly transmissible coronavirus variant. Visitors with panda hats pick up a souvenir product Wednesday, Jan.Souvenir products of the twin giant pandas Xiao Xiao and Lei Lei are sold at a shop Wednesday, Jan.Like much of central and western China, Sichuan has been hit by soaring summer temperatures and drought this year that have sparked forest fires and the withering of crops and forests, generally attributed to global climate change. About 500 others live in captivity in zoos and reserves, the majority in the mountainous, heavily forested province of Sichuan.Įncroachment on their land by farmers and industry has reduced the pandas' space while cutting them off from other populations with which to breed. The population of wild pandas has ticked up gradually, reaching an estimated 1,800. The efforts have paid off, with some captive-bred pandas being released into the wild. State media gave no word on the father, but Chinese veterinarians for years have been using artificial insemination to boost the population of the animals, which reproduce rarely in the wild and rely on a diet of bamboo in the mountains of western China. ![]() Qin Qin was also born at the center and previously gave birth to twin females in 2020. Animals Twin panda cubs delight devoted fans at Tokyo zoo in a COVID shortened debut
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