Giant Panda in Macao gives birth to twins
deliver /dɪ'lɪvə/ v. 接生,生出
cub /kʌb/ n. 幼崽
intensive /ɪn’tensɪv/ a. 加强的,密集的
mate /meɪt/ v. 交配
inseminate /ɪn'semɪneɪt/ v. 使...受精
sperm /spɜːm/ n. 精子
A giant panda in Macau has given birth to twins, the first pandas to be born in the Chinese region.
Xin Xin delivered the two male cubs on Sunday afternoon at the Giant Panda Pavilion in Coloane, said officials.
She and the larger cub were in good health, but the smaller cub was underweight and was taken into intensive care.
Xin Xin and her mate Kai Kai were a gift from the mainland and arrived in Macau last year.
They mated naturally, a government spokeswoman told the reporter, but Xin Xin was also artificially inseminated with sperm from Kai Kai.