World's oldest first-time panda gave birth to twins in Hong Kong

The world’s oldest first-time panda gave birth to twins after almost ten years of unsuccessful mating attempts. It has become a giant panda to give birth.

The name of this panda is Ying Ying. The cubs (panda children) were born early on August 15, 2024, on Yin Ying’s 19th birthday. According to Ocean Park representative for Hong Kong, this age is comparable to age 57 in terms of human years.

Images from the theme park revealed Ying Ying shortly before she gave birth to her twins, the first gigantic pandas born in Hong Kong. The babies were pink and palm-sized.

*Ying Ying became the oldest giant panda mother to give birth to twins*

The cubs are 122 grams (4.2 ounces) weighing female and 112 grams (almost 4 ounces) male. They arrived in the world finally after years of Ying Ying’s fruitless attempts to mate with her companion Le Le.

The Chinese government gave Ying Ying to Hong Kong as a gift in 2007. Paulo Pong, chairman of Ocean Park, stated Ying Yang’s birth is a true rarity, especially considering she is the oldest giant panda on record to have successfully given birth for the first time.

Visitors will wait a few months for the cub’s official introduction as they need 24-hour critical care. According to Theme Park Hong Kong, both cubs, especially newborn female has a lower body temperature and lower food intake after birth.

World's oldest first-time panda gave birth — *Female and male cubs produced by Ying Ying*

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Hence, cubs are currently very fragile and need time to stabilize. Theme park stated Ying Ying had a history of miscarriages and found her five-month pregnancy difficult.

Giant pandas have a notoriously difficult time reproducing, especially as they age. It makes sense that panda Ying Yang felt anxious throughout the process because she gave birth to twins as the world’s oldest first-time mother.

The majority of her time was spent twisted and lying on the ground. Because giant pandas prefer to live alone in their natural environments, they hardly ever mate. Instead, they only have one reproductive phase every year. It lasts for one to three days.