A newborn panda cub weighing 270.4g at a panda sanctuary in southern China became the world’s heaviest captive baby panda.

Video filmed in Wolong Shenshuping Panda Sanctuary in Sichuan Province on August 5 shows a keeper feeding a newborn female panda cub.

According to China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda, a 16-year-old panda named Cui Cui gave birth to the cub at 9.39 pm on August 5, breaking the previous birth weight record of 249g held by a panda named Mei Qian born in 2021.

中国大熊猫保护研究中心大熊猫“翠翠”于近日在卧龙神树坪基地产下一雌性幼仔，体重270.4克，这是迄今为止全球圈养大熊猫出生体重最重的熊猫幼仔。今年3月份，16岁的大熊猫“翠翠”完成自然交配，7月10日出现减食、活动量增大等妊娠行为。8月4日凌晨6点破羊水，但迟迟未有生产反应。在历经近40小时后，于5日晚上9:39分产下“重量级”幼仔，刷新了去年熊猫中心大熊猫“美茜”产下的249克幼仔的纪录，成为全球圈养大熊猫出生体重最重的大熊猫幼仔。