From the International Herald Tribune:
Four pandas were born in captivity in China on the same day, a rare occurrence after 34 were born in all of last year, state media reported Tuesday.Xinhua News Agency earlier reported that three pandas had been born, but later said that Eryatou, who had delivered a female baby on Monday evening at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in Sichuan province, later gave birth to a second female baby. [Full Text]
[Image: A female giant panda looks at her baby at China’s Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center on Monday. AP/Li Wei/MSNBC.]
