A dozen of newborn baby pandas in made their group debut last week. The 12 adorable cubs, between one and four months old, were introduced to the public during a special event at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base in Sichuan Province on Friday. The breeding centre said it wanted to present a 'special concert' brought by the pandas. Staff put the tiny animals on two staves drawn on the stage for them to crawl on. Adorable newborn panda cubs playfully enjoy their debut. Heart-melting pictures and footage show the restless cubs nudging each other and trying to climb onto each other as they were being showcased on the stage. The Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Base has one of the largest collection of captive-bred pandas in the world. It has bred 195 pandas, considered by China as a national treasure. A total of 14 cubs including five sets of twins were born this year, and 13 of them have survived. Among them 12 were born in Chengdu between May 20 and August 4 and were showcased on Friday. The other cub was born in Japan to a panda mother on loan to the Ueno Zoo in Tokyo. The group debut was held in the centre's two panda nurseries where they were being looked after. Seven cubs were presented in the Sun Nursery and five were displayed in the Moon Nursery. Chen Bo, a keeper at the Sun Nursery, said the oldest panda cub weighed about six kilograms (13 pounds) and measured 40cm (15.7 inches) long while the youngest cub was just one kilograms (two pounds) and 20cm (7.9 inches) long. According to the centres, all baby pandas born in the day time are delivered and nursed in the Sun Nursery while those born in the night time are taken care of by the Moon Nursery. Chengdu, the provincial capital of Sichuan, has branded itself as the 'capital of pandas' in a new effort to promote the bustling city to the world, reported by Chengdu Business Daily. The campaign was launched in June and would cover all areas from tourism to scientific research. The city has launched a new subway train and a new air route inspired by the adorable animal. The so-called 'Panda Express' train has panda-inspired seat panels and handles as well as pictures of the bears on the wall. On the other hand, passengers on the daily 'Panda Route' are transported by an Airbus A350 sporting cartoon livery of eight pandas and greeted by air hostesses donning panda-inspired uniforms. They are even treated with food resembling the image of the lovely bears on the flight operated by Sichuan Airlines.
(SORRY THAT THIS IS ALL I KNOW ABOUT PANDA CUBS. I KNOW IT'S NOT MUCH. BUT IT'S SOMEHOW STILL 463 WORDS.)
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