Twin panda cubs born in Austria return to China
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Workers of the China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda welcome the twins at the Wolong Nature Reserve, Southwest China's Sichuan Province, on December 4, 2018. (Photos: China Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda)
Workers unload a caged panda on December 4, 2018. Fu Feng and Fu Ban were born in Schoenbrunn Zoo in Vienna, Austria, on August 7, 2016. According the deal with Vienna's Schoenbrunn Zoo, the cubs must be returned to Beijing once they turn two.
Workers lure a panda out of the cage on December 4, 2018. The male cub got its name Fu Ban according to an online vote. It means "lucky half." The zoo chose the name for the female cub as Fu Feng. “Fu” means happiness and "Feng" means phoenix.
Fu Feng strolls at the Shenshuping base at the Wolong Nature Reserve on December 4, 2018. The duo will live in the base and finish their 30-day isolation and quarantine period. Their breeder from Austria will stay for a period of time.
Fu Ban acquaints itself to the new environment on December 4, 2018. With a weight of 60 kilograms, Fu Ban loves to eat bamboo shoots and sweet potatoes, and to play.
The twins at the Shenshuping base on December 4, 2018. Fu Feng, who weighs 55 kilograms, has strong curiosity and sociability.
File photo shows the twins and their mother Yang Yang at the Vienna Zoo. The twins' parents are Long Hui and Yang Yang, who arrived in the Austrian capital on March 3, 2003. Long Hui died from a stomach tumor at age of 16 on December 9, 2016.
The couple produced five healthy offspring. The twins' brothers, Fu Long, Fu Hu and Fu Bao, born respectively in 2007, 2010 and 2013, have already been sent to China. (Compiled by Huang Jingjing)