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The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), also known as the panda bear or simply panda, is a bear species endemic to China. It is characterised by its white coat with black patches around the eyes, ears, legs and shoulders. Its body is rotund; adult individuals weigh 100 to 115 kg (220 to 254 lb) and are typically 1.2 to 1.9 m (3 ft 11 in to 6 ...
Bei Bei (/ b eɪ b eɪ / BAY BAY; Chinese: t 貝 貝, s 贝 贝, p Bèibèi) is a male giant panda cub who was born and lived at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., in the United States. He was part of US-China relations panda diplomacy , and was sent to the People's Republic of China on November 19, 2019, at the age of 4.
She went on to give birth to two live male giant panda cubs, both fathered by Tian Tian. [10] She gave birth to the first live cub at 5:35pm on August 22, 2015, and delivered the second, larger cub later that night at 10:07 PM [11] On August 26, 2015, the National Zoo announced that the smaller of the two cubs had died. The surviving cub was ...
They gave birth to twin cubs on 7 September 2010. [43] Another cub, Xing Bao (F), was born in 2013 and in September 2016 Chulina (F). [44] The zoo was also the site of the first giant panda birth in Europe, Chulin (M) in 1982 whose parents, Shao Shao (F) and Chang Chang (M), arrived in 1978.
Bao Bao (Chinese: 宝宝; pinyin: Bǎobǎo, meaning "treasure"; colloquially meaning "baby") is a female giant panda cub who was born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. [1] She lived at the Zoo for four years until February 2017. She is currently located at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province. [2]
Tai Shan (Chinese: 泰山; pinyin: Tài Shān, pronounced [tʰâiʂán], also known as Butterstick after birth and before naming) [1] is a giant panda born at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., on July 9, 2005. [2] He is the first panda cub born at the National Zoo to survive for more than a few days.
He is part of US-China relations panda diplomacy and will have to be sent to the People's Republic of China at the age of 4. Bei Bei was born on August 22, 2015, together with a twin that died 4 days after their birth. His mother is Mei Xiang. His father, via artificial insemination, is also a National Zoo panda, Tian Tian.
While breeding pandas in captivity is more successful now than it was in the mid-20th century, according to National Geographic, a birth of a healthy cub is always cause for celebration. On Friday ...