What's better than one impossibly adorable baby red panda? Almost nothing. Except, of course, two impossibly adorable red pandas, like the twin boys born at the Detroit Zoo this summer.
The two cubs, who are still unnamed, were born to mother Ta-Shi and father Shifu on June 27. It's Ta-Shi's fifth time giving birth since she came to the Detroit Zoo in 2008. Red pandas are classified as “vulnerable” on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species due to deforestation. They can be found in Nepal, Myanmar and parts of China.
Twins are already special, and clearly, twin baby animals are the sweetest thing on the planet. Just take a look at some of the most darling duos we've come across.
Like these gorilla twins, who love each other:
Twin western lowland gorilla at the Wildlife Conservation Society's Bronx Zoo in New York Thursday, July 13, 1995. (AP Photo/L.M. Otero)
Or these twin baby koalas, who love their mom:
Koala mother and her two joeys at the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. ( Auscape/UIG via Getty Images)
Or these twin leopard cubs, who like to romp in baskets:
Two North Chinese Leopard cubs are presented for first time to the public at the Tierpark Zoo in Berlin, Friday, Oct. 5, 2012. The North Chinese Leopard twins were born on Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Or these polar bear twins, who like to play hide and seek:
Female polar bear Cora presents her polar bear twin cubs for the first time in public at the Brno Zoo on March 16, 2013 in Brno, Czech Republic. (Anna Vavrikova /isifa/Getty Images)
Or these twin panthers, who are feeling very pensive:
Twin baby panthers Remaong and Ferra are presented to the media at Tierpark Berlin zoo on July 13, 2012 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
Or these twin white lion cubs, who are not very amused:
White lion babies Niza and Nero are held by keeper Hanze Hamza on December 15, 2010 in Hodenhagen, northwestern Germany. (Jochen Luebke/AFP/Getty Images)
Or these twin kangaroo joeys, who are all bundled up:
Twin Red Kangaroo joeys Archie and Pebbles rub noses at Sydney's Taronga Zoo, 01 September 2005. (Greg Wood/AFP/Getty Images)
Or these twin bears, who don't always get along:
Kamchatka bear twins named Cuba and Toby, play in the outdoor enclosure at Brno Zoo for the first time on May 31, 2012. (Radek Mica/AFP/Getty Images)
Or these golden lion tamarins twins, who hitched a ride with dad:
Two golden lion tamarins hang on their father at the zoo in Duisburg, Germany, Thursday, May 3, 2012. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Or these twin panda cubs, who were feeling a little sleepy:
Newly born panda bears sleep in their incubator at the Madrid Zoo on October 7, 2010 in Madrid, Spain. (Jasper Juinen/Getty Images)
And, of course, these guys, because baby red panda twins really are the most adorable thing ever.
Zookeeper Michael Horn holds up Kit and Kitty, the twin red pandas born in June on the first day of their introduction into their new enclosure at Tierpark Zoo on September 13, 2011 in Berlin, Germany. (Sean Gallup/Getty Images)
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