TORONTO -- Twin panda cubs in Germany have opened their eyes for the first time and can 鈥渇inally begin to see the world around them,鈥� the Berlin Zoo said in a statement.
In a translated from German, the zoo wrote: 鈥淟ook who's blinking! Our Panda twins opened their eyes for the first time.鈥� The video shows the cubs squinting and slowly moving their paws.
The pair opened their eyes six weeks after their birth, according to a statement released on Oct. 18 and translated from German.
Their mother, a six-year-old giant panda named Meng Meng, gave birth to the pandas on Aug. 31. And since then, the cubs鈥� eyes and motor functions have been developing.
鈥淲e have been referring to them as 鈥榖ig one鈥� and 鈥榣ittle one,鈥� but thanks to Meng Meng鈥檚 nourishing milk the two siblings are now almost the same size and weight," zoo director Dr. Andreas Knieriem said in the release.
The International Union for Conservation of Nature鈥檚 (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species classifies giant pandas as 鈥渧ulnerable.鈥�
The zoo claims to have housed Germany鈥檚 only giant pandas since 2017 and pays a 鈥渓oan fee鈥� to China to hold onto its 鈥渞are bears.鈥� The money from the fee goes towards conservation work to protect pandas in the wild.
There are only 1,864 adult pandas living in the wild, according to .
