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Baby giant panda born in a Tokyo zoo
A baby giant panda was born at a Tokyo zoo on Thursday, in a rare success for Japan’s captive breeding programme, a zoo official said. The as-yet unnamed infant is Ueno Zoo’s first baby panda for 24 years, and its first ever from natural sexual intercourse, she told AFP. “The…
British pandas dry-hump but fail to complete coitus in fertility window
Britain’s only giant pandas failed to mate during their 36-hour window of opportunity, Edinburgh Zoo said Thursday. It was “close, but no cigar”, the zoo said, after Yang Guang (Sunshine) mounted female panda Tian Tian (Sweetie) several times, without full mating taking place. The pandas are spending 10 years on…
Pandas removed from public view due to colic
LONDON — The two giant pandas living at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland were removed from public view this weekend after falling ill with colic, a zoo spokeswoman said on Sunday. Yang Guang, the male panda, began suffering from the condition earlier this month and now Tian Tian, the female, has…
World’s oldest panda, 34, dies in China
BEIJING (AFP) – Ming Ming, the world’s oldest panda, has died of old age, Chinese state media reported on Tuesday. She was 34. Ming Ming was rescued in Pingwu country in the southwest province Sichuan in 1977 and had resided in Xiangjiang Wild Animal World, a safari park in southern…
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