A pair of koala twins finally emerged from their mother's pouch on Tuesday, much to the delight of visitors to Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park.

The marsupial babies had been in the pouch for about five months. Their mother, Tao Tao, was the first captive koala to successfully give birth to twins in the world. Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park imported three male and three female koalas from Australia in April 2006.

In addition to the twins, another two koala cubs had been born in the previous months, bringing the park's total number of koalas to 10.

(Guangzhou Daily)