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Twin pandas have been born in Berlin Zoo. But how rare are multiple births, what does it signify for collaborative science – and when do we find out the names?   CGTN’s Peter Oliver reports.   #panda #berlin #berlinzoo #zoo #pandas

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00:00Berlin Zoo's Panda Garden has welcomed two new additions this week with the

00:04birth of twins. This isn't just a success for the zoo here, it's also a success for

00:10the collaboration between the experts in Germany and those from Chengdu Panda

00:15Base in China. In fact, as soon as it was confirmed that Meng Meng was pregnant,

00:20well, we saw experts from Chengdu flown over. They were present at the birth and

00:24will play a big role in the rearing of the cubs in their first few days. This

00:30isn't the first time that twins have been born here. What we're hearing from

00:33the experts is that's fairly common. In around 50% of the time that pandas are

00:39born in captivity, it will result in multiple births. What happens next is we

00:44have to wait a little while to find out what sex the cubs are, then we'll know

00:48essentially what names they will have. And after that, we should get a date on

00:52when they'll be unveiled to the public.

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