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While Britain remains on panda-watch, expectantly awaiting a new arrival at Edinburgh Zoo. China
just plainly shows off with an abundance of riches. Not one not two, but 14 panda cubs
shown off to the TV cameras. The cuties born at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding and Research
Base in Sichuan, a mountainous province with dense forests, which is home to most of the
world's giant pandas. All of them bred artificially. The young cubs, who were born between July
and September, are being raised in two delivery rooms. Glass windows allowing the public to
catch a glimpse. Meng Meng, who's the oldest of the bunch, weighs around four times as
much as Ya Yi, the youngest, who was born 40 days later. Tense times for the cubs. The
first ten days are the most dangerous of a young panda's life as they're susceptible
to disease. Giant pandas remain one of the world's most endangered animals with fewer
than 1,600 living in the wild in China and around 300 others living in captivity throughout
the world.