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The First Brown Giant Panda Found in the World, Dan Dan

Dan Dan Dan Dan (Female)(1972-2001)Rescued from the wild at Foping, Shaanxi province, China in 1985Moved to Xi’an Zoo There are five brown giant pandas have been reported around the whole world, and the fifth one is the Qi Zai, who are very famous for his brown hair. Qi Zai Today, we are going to introduce the first brown panda Dan Dan, who was found by the local rangers. Dan Dan The person who found Dan Dan was named Lu Guoyou. On March 28, 1985, when he was patrolling with villagers, he found Dan Dan at the river of Foping County, Shaanxi Province. The sick panda Dan Dan looked restless, who was flapping the bamboo leaves with her paws. After a...

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Xi Yue, A Legend of Qinling Mountain

Yong Yange (1st person from left) was taking photo for Xi Yue with his team I learned Xi Yue from this article. He's a wild panda rarely known to the outside world. Enjoy the good read.                                    ========================== Xi Yue (Joy) was a wild giant panda found in Qinling Mountain. 10 years ago, Xi Yue was a young boy, and he met human in the forest. For now, Xi Yue lives at the wild of Sanguan temple, Shaanxi province, China. There are some amazing stories between Xi Yue and human. It is well known that giant pandas spend most of time eating and sleeping. Bamboo...

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My Grandfather Rescued Panda Ping Ping with My Baby Bottle

26 years ago, He Changlin rescued a panda cub by feeding him with his grandson’s baby milk bottle. 25 years later, He’s grandson, He Xin, who works as a panda keeper, spent about three years with Ping Ping in Foping Panda Base. This is an amazing story about the giant panda Ping Ping and He’s family. Ping Ping at Hua Yang County, Shaanxi The villager saved Ping Ping’s life On an afternoon in November 1991, Wu Yuncai and Wang Tiejun, the staff of the Foping Nature Reserve, surprisedly found a panda cub that the size of a kitten while they were patrolling. This cub was lying on the snow with half-squinted eyes, and he looked very weak with some wailing...

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Jin Zhu, boy? girl?

A giant panda named Jin Zhu was found to have both male and female reproductive organs. This is the first giant panda with intersex reproductive organs found in the history. Jin Zhu might have been live a miserable life, because he/she could not determine the gender or breed offspring like other pandas. Fortunately, humans helped Jin Zhu to live a happy life. Out of respect for Jin Zhu, the research team of giant panda helped her to be a female giant panda successfully by applying the method called gender guidance instead of surgery. Jin Zhu became a mother after being treated. For the whole country, it was a miracle among the animal world. In June 2002, Li Desheng, the director...

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The Founder Alvin Talks Panda Diplomacy and Conservation

"It doesn’t take long to fall in love with a panda and most become a super fan after listening to all the fun and educational stories. " - Alvin We were recently honored to be featured in That's Magazine. Our founder Alvin talks about panda diplomacy and conservation in the interview. We would love to share it with you :) If you want to start a conversation with Alvin Liu, just say the word ‘panda.’ When he was working in the commercial aviation industry, Liu took advantage of discounted flight tickets and traveled to Chengdu back in 2012. It was in the province’s capital city where he tried spicy Sichuan cuisine, met his future wife and discovered a passion for the...

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