Baby panda alert! Toronto Zoo has 9-month-old twins
If the kids — or you — have panda fever after watching Po and his pals in the Kung Fu Panda 3 movie, now’s the time to head to the Toronto Zoo, where 9-month-old cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue and their parents are delighting visitors.
The giant panda babies are now growing much larger — Jia Panpan is 37 pounds while Jia Yueyue is 29 pounds — and are personalities in their own right.
The exhibit is open 9 a..m. to 5:30 p.m. ET daily. The giant pandas will be at the Toronto Zoo until 2018, when they move to Calgary, Alberta.
Do you belong to a zoo in your area?
Toronto Zoo, one of the largest zoos in the world with 710 acres and 5,000 animals, offers discounts to members of zoos affiliated with the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. Some even have savings in the gift shop.
Other highlights at Toronto Zoo include a new baby polar bear, a gorilla rainforest and an African savanna.
Watch: Mother panda helps her cub Bei Bei climb down a tree at National Zoo
In the USA, you can see giant pandas at zoos in:
- Atlanta, where a set of 3-year-old twins are the youngest of seven in the panda pod.
- The District of Columbia, where Bei Bei has his first birthday Aug. 22 and Bao Bao turns 3 on Aug. 23.
- Memphis , where panda fans have been following Ya Ya's attempts to have a cub.
- And San Diego, where Xiao Liwu was born in 2012.
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