{"id":66761,"date":"2015-12-09T22:24:51","date_gmt":"2015-12-10T03:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=66761"},"modified":"2015-12-09T22:24:51","modified_gmt":"2015-12-10T03:24:51","slug":"giant-panda-cubs-at-toronto-zoo-open-their-eyes-continue-to-grow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/12\/09\/giant-panda-cubs-at-toronto-zoo-open-their-eyes-continue-to-grow\/","title":{"rendered":"Giant panda cubs at Toronto Zoo open their eyes, continue to grow"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_66764\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-66764\" style=\"width: 705px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toronto-Zoo-panda.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-66764\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-66764\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toronto-Zoo-panda.png\" alt=\"58 days old panda cub at Toronto Zoo opens its eyes for the first time (Photo from Twitter)\" width=\"705\" height=\"465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toronto-Zoo-panda.png 705w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Toronto-Zoo-panda-300x198.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 705px) 100vw, 705px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-66764\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">58 day-old panda cub at Toronto Zoo opens its eyes for the first time<br \/>(Photo from <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheTorontoZoo\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>TORONTO\u2014The Toronto Zoo says two giant panda cubs born about eight weeks ago have now partially opened their eyes.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo says the cubs\u2014who were born blind \u2013are now sensitive to light and darkness, and are continuing to grow.<\/p>\n<p>The two baby pandas are also developing stronger voices, with the zoo saying their quiet squeaks have become stronger squawks.<\/p>\n<p>The zoo notes it is still a very critical time for the pair.<\/p>\n<p>The cubs and their mother, Er Shun, are housed in a maternity den which isn&#8217;t open to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Er Shun is on loan from China. She and a male panda named Da Mao arrived in 2013 and are slated to move to the Calgary Zoo in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Staff have said the cubs, if they survive, will live at the zoo for about two years and will likely return to China once they are weaned from Er Shun.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TORONTO\u2014The Toronto Zoo says two giant panda cubs born about eight weeks ago have now partially opened their eyes. The &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":66764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,16,79],"tags":[35],"class_list":["post-66761","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-ca","category-news","category-travel","tag-original","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66761","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66761"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66761\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/66764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66761"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66761"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66761"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}