'Rare' panda triplets born in Chinese zoo

First ever surviving panda triplets have been born to a giant panda in a zoo in China.

The giant panda mother is said to be exhausted after delivering three cubs at the Chimelong Safari Park, while the staff have described the triple-birth as a miracle, given the panda's extremely low reproductive rate, Sky News reported.

The newborn giant panda triplets, born to panda Juxiao, are said to be the only panda triplets to have survived and were even moved to an incubator before being returned to the mother, as the family is currently being monitored by an expert team.

Because of the high mortality rates among young pandas, experts tend only to class them has having "survived" once they reach six months and if all the three cubs live beyond six months, their birth and survival will be considered a true miracle.