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Thread: Chengdu Panda Breeding Base Got a New Baby Panda!
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[quote=VANESSAZHONG,436547]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 [/quote]
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