Panda Cubs 2010
34 Pandas were born in 2010, 31 cubs survived.
Pandas of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding gave birth to 12 cubs in 2010.
7 cubs were born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding,
2 at Adventure World Shirahama – Japan, 2 at Zoo Madrid – Spain & 1 at Zoo Atlanta – U.S.A.
Breeding giant pandas is very difficult. What should you know about giant panda breeding?
* Giant Pandas reach sexual maturity around the age of five.
* Panda mating season is in spring.
* Females go into their estrus cycle only once a year and it lasts for two or three days.
* Gestation period ranges from 83 to 200 days.
* Cubs are born in an extremely immature stage of development
* Cubs weigh only 54 to 225 grams when they are born, about 1/800 of the mother’s weight.
* Researchers in China became experts in Artificial Insemination.
* The first AI success with fresh sperm was booked in 1978, the first success with frozen sperm in 1980.
* If twins are born (60% of all birth), usually only one survives in the wild.
* In Chengdu, they have invented a technique of cub swapping. The mother takes care of one cub while the other one is in an incubator. This technique increased the survival rate of the cubs.
* Cubs stay with their mothers for 18 months.
Let’s introduce the 12 cubs of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding:
Jiao Qing (male) was born on July 15, 2010.His mother is Jiao Zi (425)
Er Xi (male) was born on July 26, 2010. His mother is Er Yatou (401)
Zhen Hao (male) & Zhen Qiao (female) were born on August 6, 2010. Their mother is Qi Zhen (490)
Yuan Lin (male) & Yuan Zhou (male) were born on August 15, 2010. Their mother is Yuan Yuan (561)
Ya Yun (female) was born on September 10, 2010. Her mother is Ya Ya (362)
Kai Hin (male, Chinese name is Hai Bang) & You Hin (female, Chinese name is Yang Bang) were born on August 11, 2010 at Adventure World Shirahama. Their mother is Rau Hin (521, Chinese name is Liang Bang) and their father is Ei Mei (390, Chinese name is Yong Ming).
Twin male cubs were born on September 7, 2010 at Zoo Madrid.
Their mother is Hua Zuiba (576) and their father is Bing Xing (519).
A male cub was born on November 3, 2010 at Zoo Atlanta.
His mother is Lun Lun (452) and his father is Yang Yang (461).
All 12 cubs of CRBGPB survived.
Pandas of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda gave birth to 22 cubs in 2010.
17 cubs were born at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP, 1 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base of CCRCGP,
2 at the Beijing Zoo & 2 at Tiergarten Schönbrunn – Vienna – Austria. (19 cubs survived)
Here is a picture of the introduction of 16 surviving cubs born in 2010 at the Ya’an Bi Feng Xia Base of CCRCGP. Here are the names of the cubs mothers (from left to right):
1.Na Na, 2.Long Xin, 3.Ying Hua (younger twin), 4.Hua Mei, 5.Ju Xiao (elder twin)
6.Jun Zhu, 7.Gong Zhu, 8.Fei Fei, 9.Ye Ye, 10.Shui Xiu (younger twin), 11.Zhu Yun,
12.Ju Xiao (younger twin), 13.Shui Xiu (elder twin), 14. Ge Ge, 15.Ji Ni, 16.Mei Qing (not shown on the photo)
You You’s cub was too small to be shown at the ceremony.
Fu Hu (male) was born at Tiergarten Schönbrunn.
His mother is Yang Yang (514) and his father is Long Hui (526).
