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Munich’s Twin Polar Bears Open Eyes To the World For the First Time [VIDEO]
Benita Matilda
First Posted: Jan 16, 2014 05:41 AM EST
Zoo camera captured the adorable moment when month-old polar bear twin cubs opened their eyes to the world for the first time.
Born at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 2013 to seven year-old mum Giovanna, the twin polar cubs' introduction to the world was captured for the first time in high quality, color video format by the surveillance cameras. The twin cubs have been under constant watch since their birth.
The twin polar cubs are adjusting well to their surroundings. Though the unbearably cute twins are yet not mobile, they can be seen exploring the polar maternity den with their beady black eyes.
"It really is a joy to be able to follow our polar bear twin's development on video. Their mother, Giovanna, continues to behave in an exemplary fashion. Day by Day the little ones are becoming more active, bigger and stronger which is a proof that everything is going to plan," the curator and biologists Beatrix Kohler, said in a statement.
The first few weeks in a polar bear's life are extremely critical as the mortality rate is extremely high during this period, almost 70 percent. Since Giovanna was a first time mother, experts feared that she could get overwhelmed by her task, which could be a major threat to the newborn unnamed cubs that weighed only around 400 grams each at birth, reports NBC News.
The as-yet unsexed cubs will continue to bond with their mother and will be kept away from public display in the Polar World's maternity den for a few more weeks.
The cubs will be introduced to their father Yoghi, 14, through the cuddling fence. Based on the mother's reaction to the father and cubs' union, it will be decided whether the four can stay as a family or the father stays away from the cubs as well as his partner.
"If everything continues to go this well, Giovanna and her babies could potentially go out to explore the tundra enclosure where there is also a pool, in mid-to late March. Then we'd at last be able to see the little darlings in the flesh," said zoo director Dr. Andreas Knieriem.
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First Posted: Jan 16, 2014 05:41 AM EST
Zoo camera captured the adorable moment when month-old polar bear twin cubs opened their eyes to the world for the first time.
Born at Munich's Hellabrunn Zoo on Dec. 9 2013 to seven year-old mum Giovanna, the twin polar cubs' introduction to the world was captured for the first time in high quality, color video format by the surveillance cameras. The twin cubs have been under constant watch since their birth.
The twin polar cubs are adjusting well to their surroundings. Though the unbearably cute twins are yet not mobile, they can be seen exploring the polar maternity den with their beady black eyes.
"It really is a joy to be able to follow our polar bear twin's development on video. Their mother, Giovanna, continues to behave in an exemplary fashion. Day by Day the little ones are becoming more active, bigger and stronger which is a proof that everything is going to plan," the curator and biologists Beatrix Kohler, said in a statement.
The first few weeks in a polar bear's life are extremely critical as the mortality rate is extremely high during this period, almost 70 percent. Since Giovanna was a first time mother, experts feared that she could get overwhelmed by her task, which could be a major threat to the newborn unnamed cubs that weighed only around 400 grams each at birth, reports NBC News.
The as-yet unsexed cubs will continue to bond with their mother and will be kept away from public display in the Polar World's maternity den for a few more weeks.
The cubs will be introduced to their father Yoghi, 14, through the cuddling fence. Based on the mother's reaction to the father and cubs' union, it will be decided whether the four can stay as a family or the father stays away from the cubs as well as his partner.
"If everything continues to go this well, Giovanna and her babies could potentially go out to explore the tundra enclosure where there is also a pool, in mid-to late March. Then we'd at last be able to see the little darlings in the flesh," said zoo director Dr. Andreas Knieriem.
See the video Here.
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