Chengdu Panda Breeding Base Got a New Baby Panda!

Chengdu Panda Breeding Base Got a New Baby Panda!
Jul 31, 2011 10:41
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: offline	On 24 July 2011, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, after a 128 day gestation, giant panda Li Li gave birth to a female cub at 14:51. Li Li is 19 years old. For giant pandas, this age is quite old to be a Mum. This March, Li Li came into oestrous, but she failed to copulate with the male panda selected by breeding specialists at the Panda Base. Therefore, specialists matched her with male panda Qiu Bang, a Japanese returnee. They collected Qiu Bang's semen and performed AI on Li Li. On 24 June, Li Li began to show obvious prenatal signs, such as decreased food consumption and she was transferred to the Sun Nursery House before the birth of her cub. On 22 July, she became increasingly restless and kept walking almost the whole night of 23 July. At 12:20 on 24 July, her water broke and Li Li cleaned her fur in preparation for the arrival of a new life. At 14:51, after several contractions, the cub was delivered. With the cub’s loud cry, Li Li was a qualified mother, she held her cub gently in her mouth and cradled her in her arms. Examination confirmed that the new born is a female and weighs 161 grams. Both the baby giant panda and Li Li are now doing well. Now, our captive population is 97 strong and Chengdu is home to the largest captive-bred population of giant pandas in the world. excerpted from the official website of Chengdu Panda Breeding Base

Jul 31, 2011 10:41

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On 24 July 2011, at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, after a 128 day gestation, giant panda Li Li gave birth to a female cub at 14:51.

Li Li is 19 years old. For giant pandas, this age is quite old to be a Mum. This March, Li Li came into oestrous, but she failed to copulate with the male panda selected by breeding specialists at the Panda Base. Therefore, specialists matched her with male panda Qiu Bang, a Japanese returnee. They collected Qiu Bang's semen and performed AI on Li Li.

On 24 June, Li Li began to show obvious prenatal signs, such as decreased food consumption and she was transferred to the Sun Nursery House before the birth of her cub. On 22 July, she became increasingly restless and kept walking almost the whole night of 23 July. At 12:20 on 24 July, her water broke and Li Li cleaned her fur in preparation for the arrival of a new life. At 14:51, after several contractions, the cub was delivered. With the cub’s loud cry, Li Li was a qualified mother, she held her cub gently in her mouth and cradled her in her arms.

Examination confirmed that the new born is a female and weighs 161 grams. Both the baby giant panda and Li Li are now doing well.

Now, our captive population is 97 strong and Chengdu is home to the largest captive-bred population of giant pandas in the world.
excerpted from the official website of Chengdu Panda Breeding Base

Jul 31, 2011 10:47	#1
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	Furthermore, if you go to Chengdu Panda Breeding Base, you may have a chance to see the little panda at Nursery facility. You could see it through the glass then. But do remmber get there before 3pm for the little panda will be seen by public only when it is weighted by the keeper every day. And it will be with its mother panda all the day. It is very short time!

Jul 31, 2011 22:43	#2
GUEST8602	OMG, it's my first time that I have seen this little creature. It looks a bit ugly but very cute.

Aug 1, 2011 07:36	#3
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	August1, around 5am, the Panda Base got another baby!

Aug 1, 2011 09:03	#4
GUEST19140	The PANDA is probably one of China's most treasured symbols. What is amazing though, is the fact that a panda cub is so tiny at birth. Then it grows into a full impressive size of the adult panda. Nature never stops to amaze.

Jul 23, 2012 06:33	#5
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	As I know, the first baby or babies this year may be born next week at Chengdu Panda Base. If you go there at that time, you may have a chance to see the new baby or babies!

Jul 30, 2012 20:32	#6
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	A new baby was born at the Chengdu Panda Base on July 28th, 2012. It's a little boy and weights 162 grams when he was born. His mother is called Lili.

Aug 22, 2012 00:57	#7
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	Till now, Chengdu Panda Base has 3 new born babies. Two of them are at Sunshine Nursery House and last one is at Moon Nursery House. Additionally, panda mother called Liangbang which belongs to Chengdu Panda Base in Japan had delivered one baby this month.

Aug 22, 2012 01:16	#8
SMILINGLEE Points: Join Date: Aug 13, 2012 Status: Offline	I love pandas but never had a chance to see and touch them in person. Once I saw them in a zoo but a glass wall was in front of me. All I could do is see the pandas from the outside of the glass wall.

Aug 22, 2012 18:00	#9
VANESSAZHONG Points: Join Date: Mar 12, 2011 Status: Offline	Generally speaking, the pandas are playing outside when the temperature is below 26 Centigrade in Chengdu.

Aug 22, 2012 20:57	#10
SMILINGLEE Points: Join Date: Aug 13, 2012 Status: Offline	Quote: Originally Posted by VANESSAZHONG Generally speaking, the pandas are playing outside when the temperature is below 26 Centigrade in Chengdu. Thank you. Now I know when I should visit the panda now.

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