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Girl-and-boy polar bear twins survive by artificial rearing - The Weather Network
A couple of girl-and-boy polar bear twins have survived after three months of artificial nurturance at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The twin polar bears, abandoned by their mother and once on the verge of death, came out of the brood chamber Monday to meet the public.
Experts say it is rather rare for both the baby twin polar bears to survive.
The father and mother of the girl-and-boy twins were from Finland. As folk emissaries of friendship between China and Finland, they were presented by Finland National Park in 2001, and settled down at Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium. The twins are their second birth.
The lovely twins were born on Jan. 7, 2011. Four hours after they were delivered, their mother stopped nursing them, and left the baby bears alone on the icy cement floor, completely ignoring them.
After prudent weighing of pros and cons, animal experts decided to have the baby bears snatched from under their mother's paws despite the risks, and raise the twins by artificial rearing.
According to experts, in the wild very few twin bears could both survive. As the food available is limited, the mother bear usually picks the stronger baby to feed, and leave the other to trust its luck. Also the fertility of polar bears in the wild is very low, the exprience is precious for both the baby twins to be rescued and survive this time.
“At the time of emergency treatment, the baby bears' heartbeat stopped. I sat there and burst into crying. We three breeders all cried. While crying, I felt that its heart began to beat again, since its heart was close to mine, and its face was on mine,too,” recalled Li Li, a breeder at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium.
Under the care of breeders, the polar bear brother now weighs 16 kilograms, against 500 grams at birth. And it's over one meter tall. Its sister weighs a little lighter, at 15.2 kilograms, and it's 85 centimeters tall. They have already learnt to walk, and often play together.
Still they may face more tests in their growth.
“There's a process for the baby polar bears to go from drinking liquid milk to eating solid food. This process also is to have their digestive system adapted to various food and their physical function transformed. Through this test, they will be able to survive,” said He Jiadong, deputy director of the training department at Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium.
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Thanks Young Free ! :grinning:Girl-and-boy polar bear twins survive by artificial rearing - The Weather Network
A couple of girl-and-boy polar bear twins have survived after three months of artificial nurturance at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium in Northeast China's Liaoning Province.
The twin polar bears, abandoned by their mother and once on the verge of death, came out of the brood chamber Monday to meet the public.
Experts say it is rather rare for both the baby twin polar bears to survive.
The father and mother of the girl-and-boy twins were from Finland. As folk emissaries of friendship between China and Finland, they were presented by Finland National Park in 2001, and settled down at Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium. The twins are their second birth.
The lovely twins were born on Jan. 7, 2011. Four hours after they were delivered, their mother stopped nursing them, and left the baby bears alone on the icy cement floor, completely ignoring them.
After prudent weighing of pros and cons, animal experts decided to have the baby bears snatched from under their mother's paws despite the risks, and raise the twins by artificial rearing.
According to experts, in the wild very few twin bears could both survive. As the food available is limited, the mother bear usually picks the stronger baby to feed, and leave the other to trust its luck. Also the fertility of polar bears in the wild is very low, the exprience is precious for both the baby twins to be rescued and survive this time.
“At the time of emergency treatment, the baby bears' heartbeat stopped. I sat there and burst into crying. We three breeders all cried. While crying, I felt that its heart began to beat again, since its heart was close to mine, and its face was on mine,too,” recalled Li Li, a breeder at the Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium.
Under the care of breeders, the polar bear brother now weighs 16 kilograms, against 500 grams at birth. And it's over one meter tall. Its sister weighs a little lighter, at 15.2 kilograms, and it's 85 centimeters tall. They have already learnt to walk, and often play together.
Still they may face more tests in their growth.
“There's a process for the baby polar bears to go from drinking liquid milk to eating solid food. This process also is to have their digestive system adapted to various food and their physical function transformed. Through this test, they will be able to survive,” said He Jiadong, deputy director of the training department at Dalian Laohutan Pole Aquarium.
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