Panda Watch: Hong Kong twins ‘starting to see the world’, graduate from incubators to cots

Panda Watch is a weekly blog by the Post that tracks the latest on the baby panda twins – the first to be born in Hong Kong – until they are ready to meet the public. To read our previous blog entries, click here.

Hong Kong’s panda cubs have started to take a peek at the world around them, while the pair have also graduated from their incubators and are developing ever-thicker coats as they reach seven weeks of age.

“In the past few days, the panda caretaker team at the park has noticed that when the panda twin cubs wake up, their eyes are slightly open!” Ocean Park said in an Instagram post.

“Our cuties are starting to see the world.”

The park said earlier this week that the elder cub weighed more than 1.6kg (3.5lbs), while the younger one was lighter at around 1.4kg.

It added that the bears were transferred from their incubators into cots as they had got better at regulating their body temperatures and their fur had thickened.