Fei Fei gives birth at Ya'an Bi Feng Xia
A panda cub was born on October 31, 2011 at the Ya’an Bi feng Xia Base of CCRCGP in southwest Sichuan Province. As you know it is an unusual time for panda births. Pandas are known for being sexually inactive and cubs are normally born between July and September, not late autumn.
Sixteen-year-old Fei Fei gave birth to a healthy cub at around 2 p.m. Monday at a semi-wild breeding base of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center, the center said in a press release Tuesday.
Panda researchers at the center said they could not see clearly whether the cub was male or female, as Fei Fei, who has given birth to five other cubs, was a skilled mother and kept the new cub at her side at all times.
The new cub was born in a semi-wil environment. Its birth and breeding were monitored by panda keepers only through video camera lens, said Tang Chunxiang, an expert with the center.
Tang said panda keepers will watch Fei Fei and her cub closely as the tough natural condition in the mountains, where the high temperature is around 10 degrees Celsius, pose challenges. It’s Fei Fei’s first time to raise a cub in the semi-wild environment.
Fei Fei, born in 1995, received wild training this year. One of her cubs was born on Aug. 8, 2008, the day the Beijing Olympic Games opened, and was named Ao Yun meaning “Olympics”. Last year she gave birth to Fei Yun on Buddha Festival.
Source: Xinhuanet.com & Roll.shu
