Scotland to welcome panda pair

CHENGDU / LONDON - Two of China's pandas will head to Scotland on Sunday morning to make their debut at Edinburgh Zoo, a leading panda expert with the Bifengxia base of China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Ya'an, Sichuan province, said on Monday.

Male panda Yang Guang, or "Sunshine", and his mate Tian Tian, or "Sweetie", have been quarantined since mid-October and are healthy, Li Desheng, deputy base chief, told China Daily.

Yang Guang weighs about 120 kg and Tian Tian 110 kg, although the pandas' weight varies from day to day.