AEST 13:00, Wed Sep 28 2011
Twelve panda cubs made their debut public appearance at the Chengdu Breeding and Research centre, in China this week.
Wang Cheng-Dong, assistant director of the centre, told Sichuan News the births are a major breakthrough for the scientists who monitored the pandas 24 hours a day throughout their pregnancies.
The Chengdu Research base in Sichuan started with just six pandas in 1987 and now has 108 pandas.
The 12 panda cubs sleeping in a crib. (All photos Austral Press)
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