Baby pandas at Madrid Zoo_October 2010

A pair of newborn pandas were revealed to the public at Madrid zoo. The twin cubs were born 135 days after their mother was artificially inseminated. Pandas normally have great difficulty breeding so veterinarians normally look to artificial insemination as a method to help repopulate the species. From Madrid Zoo veterinarian María del Cloux the twins birth is a significant addition to the international conservation of species programme which, at the moment, only has about 300 animals. The cubs spend some time in an incubator taking turns at being fed by their mother. But it's unlikely / there's a long queue of eager visitors for looking in on the newborns