Rare panda twins born:

Giant panda twins born at a zoo in Belgium on Thursday face a precarious first few days but the “extremely rare” birth still bodes well for the vulnerable species, the Pairi Daiza zoo announced on Friday.

The twin pandas, a male and a female, were born on Thursday a couple hours apart and weighed 160 grammes and 150 grammes respectively.

The cubs, described by the zoo as “pink shrimp” on Facebook, are pink, hairless and much smaller than their parents. According to the World Wildlife Fund, baby pandas are 1/900th the size of their mother.