WALL STREET JOURNAL
 
A zoo in western Japan on Wednesday said that a giant panda at its park gave birth to twin female cubs.
 
The yet-to-be-named panda babies at the Adventure World in Wakayama prefecture were born to its mother Rauhin, 14, and father Eimei, 22, on Tuesday night. One of the cubs weighs 181 grams and is 22 centimeters tall, while the other is 186 grams and 21 centimeters.
 
The cubs bring the total number of giant pandas kept at the zoo to seven, which is the highest in the country.
 
A spokesman at Adventure World told Japan Real Time that the cubs are not ready to be put on exhibit yet for public viewing. The zoo has traditionally asked fans and visitors to name its newborn pandas, but hasn’t decided yet regarding the new cubs, they said.
 
Adventure World is an amusement park in Shirahama city that includes a zoological park, aquarium and other attractions.