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China panda gives birth to twins: state media
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China panda gives birth to twins: state media
The Chosen One Fri Aug 21, 2009 1:16 pm
How can you NOT find this adorable? :"> Haha. xD Article was nice and interesting. xD 
Source: Yahoo! News
BEIJING (AFP) – A giant panda in northern China has given birth to twins, state media said Wednesday in rare good news for a species facing the threat of extinction.
Six-year-old Lousheng delivered a male and female cub in Shaanxi province on Tuesday after being artificially inseminated -- the same process by which she was born, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Centre is now home to 20 pandas, including the two newborns, the report said.
Sperm from two males was used to inseminate Lousheng, so the identity of the father will only be revealed after the cubs undergo DNA tests, the report quoted Ma Qingyi, head of the panda centre's veterinary hospital, as saying.
The news comes two days after conservation group WWF warned that rapid economic development in China was damaging the panda's habitat, heightening the risk of extinction in just two to three generations.
The animals also have notoriously low libidos, frustrating efforts to boost their numbers.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in southwestern Sichuan, Shaanxi and northwestern Gansu provinces. At least 180 have been bred in captivity, according to earlier reports.
Six-year-old Lousheng delivered a male and female cub in Shaanxi province on Tuesday after being artificially inseminated -- the same process by which she was born, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The Shaanxi Rare Wildlife Rescue and Breeding Research Centre is now home to 20 pandas, including the two newborns, the report said.
Sperm from two males was used to inseminate Lousheng, so the identity of the father will only be revealed after the cubs undergo DNA tests, the report quoted Ma Qingyi, head of the panda centre's veterinary hospital, as saying.
The news comes two days after conservation group WWF warned that rapid economic development in China was damaging the panda's habitat, heightening the risk of extinction in just two to three generations.
The animals also have notoriously low libidos, frustrating efforts to boost their numbers.
There are about 1,590 pandas living in the wild in China, mostly in southwestern Sichuan, Shaanxi and northwestern Gansu provinces. At least 180 have been bred in captivity, according to earlier reports.
Source: Yahoo! News
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Michiko Sakura Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:44 pm
Cute panda <3
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The Chosen One Sat Aug 22, 2009 5:01 pm
O.O That's very informative. xD
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angels of life Mon Aug 24, 2009 9:40 pm
Wow, I hope that continues! Pandas are too adorable to be extinct.
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Michiko Sakura Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:46 pm
And pandas are really unique creatures :"> They're so cute... I just hope their population will increase if just a little. It would be quite a loss if they became extinct.
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The Chosen One Tue Aug 25, 2009 7:57 pm
Question: Are tehre any pandas outside China? 
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Michiko Sakura Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:00 pm
If you mean in the wild... I doubt there is. But there are some pandas in zoos -_-"
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The Chosen One Tue Aug 25, 2009 8:11 pm
Yey yey yey~
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