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.
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Hong Kong’s panda cubs are nearly two months old, with their own distinctive features starting to emerge.
“You can notice the black vests on their backs. Elder Sister has little black bumps on her shoulder while Little Brother does not,” Ocean Park said in an Instagram post.
A video posted by the park on Thursday showed the pair asleep, with the elder cub playfully sticking out her tongue and waving her paws while in dreamland.
The birth of the twins, as well as the arrival of two new adults – An An and Ke Ke – gifted by Beijing, has prompted calls for the city to develop a “panda economy”.
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Ocean Park recently rolled out related merchandise, including a HK$60 doll similar to that used by caretakers to help the twins’ mother Ying Ying familiarise herself with the cubs’ scent.