Panda fans can now fawn over the world's first twin panda cubs as the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding begins offering weekly live streams.
Starting from Friday, live-streamed video of the 11-day-old twin sisters will be available on www.qq.com.
The audience may hear their first cries, watch them learn to crawl and eat bamboo, said Wu Kongju, a zoologist with the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
The live broadcast ran for the first time from 10 a.m. to noon on Friday. After this week, it will be shown every Wednesday, but a specific time has yet to be set.
"Kelin" gave birth to the cubs on June 22 at the base, which were the world's first set of panda twins born in 2015.
The cubs, currently weighing 175 grams and 123 grams respectively, are Kelin's first litter. They were born just over four months after the mother was artificially inseminated in January.
Official census data shows as of the end of 2013, China had 1,864 wild pandas and 375 in captivity.
