KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Kansas City Zoo has three new bouncing bundles of joy -- three red panda cubs
Zoo officials made the big announcement this week, but the red panda babies were born on July 11, KDAF reported.
It’s three times the cuteness on Tiger Trail! Our red panda parents, Randy and Kate, welcomed three cubs on July 11....
Posted by Kansas City Zoo on Tuesday, August 6, 2019
The triplets' parents are first-timers Kate and Randy.
Animal experts said it is rare that they had triplets.
Kate's been taking care of her babies but has had a little help from their human caretakers too.
"The smallest of the three cubs has been receiving supplemental feeds from zookeepers to ensure that it gains weight at a healthy rate," zoo officials said, according to KSHB.
They're still small right now and fit in a person's hands, but will eventually be the size of a house cat, and will get their reddish-brown and white fur when they're about 50 days old, KSHB reported.
The furry siblings are mostly not on public view, except for on a video monitor, and will stay that way for about three months. They still don't have names and zookeepers don't know if they're males or females, WDAF reported.
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