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Sun, October 1, 2023 | 02:14
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NATIONALTwin panda cubs born in Korea
국내 첫 쌍둥이 판다 탄생
Posted : 2023-07-12 10:50
Updated : 2023-07-12 10:50
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Twin pandas receive medical checkups at Everland Panda World in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, shortly after their birth. Courtesy of Samsung C&T경기도 용인 에버랜드 판다월드에서 쌍둥이 아기 판다가 출생 직후 건강검진을 받았다. 삼성물산 리조트부문 제공
Twin pandas receive medical checkups at Everland Panda World in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, shortly after their birth. Courtesy of Samsung C&T
경기도 용인 에버랜드 판다월드에서 쌍둥이 아기 판다가 출생 직후 건강검진을 받았다. 삼성물산 리조트부문 제공

By Baek Byung-yeul


Giant panda twins were born in Korea for the first time through natural breeding, marking an important achievement in collaborative research between China and Korea on the endangered animal species, according to Samsung C&T, Tuesday.
자이언트 쌍둥이 판다가 한국에서 처음으로 자연 번식으로 태어났으며, 이는 중국과 한국의 멸종 위기종 공동 연구에서 중요한 성과로 평가된다고 에버랜드는 밝혔다.


Samsung C&T said Ai Bao, a 9-year-old giant panda residing at its theme park Everland located in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, gave birth to twin female pandas on Friday. They were born to Ai Bao and her partner, 10-year-old Le Bao, both sent from China in 2016.
화요일 삼성물산 리조트부문은 경기도 용인 에버랜드에 사는 9세 판다 '아이바오'가 지난 금요일 쌍둥이 판다 자매를 출산했다고 밝혔다. 쌍둥이 자매는 2016년 중국에서 엄마 아이바오와 아빠 10세 '러바오' 사이에서 태어났다.


"She gave birth to two pandas at 4:52 a.m. and 6:39 a.m., an hour and 47 minutes apart. The oldest weighed 180 grams at birth and the youngest 140 grams," Samsung C&T said.
에버랜드 관계자는 "아이바오는 새벽 4시52분과 6시39분에 각각 첫째와 둘째를 낳았다. 출생 시 첫째는 180g, 둘째는 140g이었다"고 전했다.


Their older sister, Fu Bao, born in July 2020, weighed 197 grams at birth.
2020년 7월 쌍둥이의 언니인 ‘푸바오'가 태어났을 때 몸무게는 197g이었다.


"Both Ai Bao and the twin cubs are in good health, and Ai Bao is skillfully taking care of her babies, using her parenting experience from her time with Fu Bao," an Everland official said.
에버랜드 관계자는 "산모와 쌍둥이 판다 모두 건강하다"며 "아이바가 푸바오 출산 경험을 살려 아기들을 능숙하게 돌보고 있다"고 말했다.


The chances of a panda giving birth to twins are said to be only 40 percent to 50 percent. Pandas are also known to be extremely difficult to conceive and give birth. They only have one fertile season a year, usually sometime in March or April, when they can only conceive for one to three days, according to Everland.
판다가 쌍둥이를 낳을 확률은 40~50% 수준으로 알려져 있다. 판다는 임신과 출산이 극도로 어렵다. 판다 가임기는 1년에 단 한 번, 보통 3월이나 4월 중 1~3일 사이에 한정된다고 에버랜드는 전했다.


Against this backdrop, Everland has earned the distinction of being the first zoo in Korea to successfully breed twin pandas naturally.
이로써 에버랜드는 국내 최초로 쌍둥이 판다 자연 번식에 성공한 동물원으로서의 명성을 얻게 됐다.


Everland has been scientifically analyzing Ai Bao's hormonal changes through blood and urine tests to determine when she is most likely to mate successfully, which led to the natural mating in mid-February.
그간 에버랜드는 혈액 및 소변 검사를 통해 아이바오의 짝짓기 성공 확률이 가장 높은 시기를 과학적으로 분석했으며, 지난 2월 중순 자연 교배에 성공했다.

KEY WORDS
■ natural breeding 자연 번식
■ endangered 멸종 위기에 처한
■ reside (특정한 곳에) 살다[거주하다]
■ give birth to [아이]를 낳다
■ cub 새끼
■ skillfully 솜씨 있게
■ conceive (아이를) 가지다[임신하다]
■ against this backdrop ~를 배경으로
■ distinction 명예, 명성
■ urine test 소변 검사

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