Giant panda cubs are adorable fluff balls that squeak and squeal. This endangered species is also incredibly tricky to breed and raise in captivity. In the 1960s, only 30 percent of infant pandas born at breeding centers survived. Today 90 percent survive. So, what changed?
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In the last 20 years, China has successfully tackled three of the biggest problems holding the giant panda back. Through research and experimentation, researchers at China’s breeding centers have discovered how to encourage captive pandas to mate, how to make sure the pregnancy is successful, and how to keep the panda cubs alive once they’ve been born. For mating, they found that offering the females a choice of mate as well as enriching panda diets leads to a better chance of successful mating. A panda pregnancy can range from 73 days to 324 days depending on the weight of the mother panda and conditions she experiences during pregnancy. This knowledge, backed by medical advancements in artificial insemination, has allowed for more successful pregnancies in captive pandas.
Pandas often give birth to twins, and mothers usually choose to nurture only the stronger cub, resulting in the other twin’s death. Panda keepers have found a way to save this cub by “sharing custody.” Periodically, the keepers will swap out the infants, caring for one themselves while the other is with the mother. This way, every cub has a chance to survive. When in human care, the keepers must frequently massage the gut of the cub to help stimulate bowel movements—as infant pandas are unable to defecate without assistance.
All of these factors have led to the spike in the panda’s survival rates. More recently, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has made another breakthrough: It’s the only center in the world to successfully breed pandas and then release them into the wild. Five pandas have been released since 2006, though two have died. Before release, the pandas must go through a series of trials meant to test their abilities to survive in the wild, while avoiding human interference as much as possible. China’s dedication to panda research is leading the rest of the globe in panda conservation.
Read more in “Pandas Get to Know Their Wild Side”
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my baby
Isnt that how religion started?
Alien disguise as human to help us understand the world and doing magic trict like split the sea and revive the dead
make no mistake pandas are diabolical monsters, they're emotionally manipulative in order to get better treatment, they have the bodies of carnivores due to being a bear but still decide to eat a bamboo and veggie diet. Not to mention the breeding problem
Its sad to think these cute pandas will end on the grill of a high class restaurant.
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Where I can send my CV?
That dedication and length to go. I give my admiration to all the workers in the project.
this is the cutest and silliest thing ive ever seen in my life
0:24 I would pay $4206941968 to be in that position
The panda baby just popped out i
The way that panda gave birth was like beep boop now I have a child
At 1:00 till 1:15 I was like stop hurting it but apparently it doesn’t
Just awesome! God bless this guy and the whole project!??❤️
I love pandas but the baby pandas eyes are so scary
This guy raised pi from Kung fu panda
1:53 me looking sad at my mom in the tub when she says I can't use a bath bomb
that's a universe just with pandas
If they didn’t grow huge and stayed like that, I’d love to hug one all day
AWWW SO CUTE!
THE DRAGON WARRIORS
It’s too cute I love pandas and red pandas so much
看 我们国人也敢揉熊。
1:40 Welcome to the dark world
Indeed baby pandas are like Human babies
0:17 I’m so ready to quit my major for this
Faith in human restored.
never say no to panda
wait relieving themselves? what does that mean……..
Pandas are very cute
Aww look at that cutie, the Chinese government has a monopoly on his existence ???
Furrys have made their mark in society
0:03 did they kiss with tounges
If you want to keep them healthy give them a big huge big jungle
They're so cute
Is this a joke? Lol
this was cute until the costume part
I love pandas
0:03
I slap my freind shoulder because they are so freaking Cute!?????.Peace!
Can I have one?
I wanted a pet panda for so long now
3Y ago why not
Oh a cute panda video wait no most of it is weird guys in panda suits
1:09 guess the sound
Me: mom! I want a panda for my 18th birthday.
Mom: What else do you want hun? A lion to keep it company?
I want a panda……I love it. They r so cute and adorable…..
They sound like little babies ?
This is abusing
SO F******* CUTE
I will not have eyes after I see these.