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World's Oldest Captive Male Panda Dies at 31

posted by cmn32480 on Sunday January 01 2017, @11:52AM   Printer-friendly
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38466409

Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda has died in China aged 31, six months after being diagnosed with cancer.

His more than 130 descendants account for a quarter of the world's captive-bred panda population.

Born in the wild in Sichuan in China, he was taken into captivity when he was just a few months old.

The world's oldest female panda is currently 36-year-old Basi, who also lives in China, after Jia Jia died aged 38 in Hong Kong in October.

Wild pandas usually live to about 20.

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  • (Score: 1) by segwonk on Tuesday January 03 2017, @10:54PM

    by segwonk (3259) <jwinnNO@SPAMearthlink.net> on Tuesday January 03 2017, @10:54PM (#449120) Homepage

    Just curious, are they ever able to return pandas born in captivity into the wild? I.e., if pandas do die out in the wild at some point, will we ever be able to restock them from captive pandas?

     

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