The smaller of the two panda cubs born just a few days ago has died.
The smaller cub was found to be in some sort of respiratory distress when the veternarians went to swap the babies, a normal protocol developed by the Woolong Panda Center to help a panda mother raise twins.
Don Neiffer is chief veterinarian of the National Zoo, part of the Smithsonian Institution.
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The National Zoo's Chief veternarian Don Neiffer says their focus remains on conserving pandas.
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Brandie Smith is the associate director for Animal Care Sciences at the National Zoo and she says everyone needs to remember, the larger cub is doing well.
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