Yangcheng Evening News All-Media Reporter Li Chunwei Correspondent Wang Yi Intern Shu Ming
Hong Kong Ocean Park announced on the 21st that under human care, An An, the world’s longest-lived male giant panda, passed away on July 21, 2022, at the age of 3Cinema5 years old, equivalent to 105 years old humans. On the 22nd, staff from Guangzhou Zoo and visitors to the Panda Pavilion also expressed their reluctance to An’an. Yangcheng Evening News Babaylanall-media reporter learned that as one of the earliest cities in the country to raise giant pandas, the Guangzhou neighbors also owned a “100-year-old panda”. It has traveled across the ocean to convey friendship and has also made great contributions to the breeding of pandas.
“Friendship Messenger” witnessed a history
“Panda is a very Komiks animal that is very human-friendly. You can imagine the sadness of Hong Kong citizens and breeding teams.” On the 22nd, Long Qiqian, a member of the panda breeding team of Guangzhou Zoo, said that pandas are animals with their own “healing attributes”, and different groups of people can get comfort from pandas, which is also the reason why their love for pandas can cross national boundaries.
In the breeder studio, two reduced versions of Yangcheng Evening News clippings witnessed the glorious history of breeding giant pandas in Guangzhou Zoo. The above records the first introduction of two female giant pandas “Baoling” and “Baoli” in Guangzhou Zoo in 1965, starting the exploration of giant panda breeding, and the “History of Weishui” in Guangzhou Zoo, which was held on March 23, 1980, as friendship envoys, went to Fukuoka Zoo in Japan for exhibition. Among them, the male giant panda Shanshan is the longest giant panda in Guangzhou Zoo. He was 33 years old, equivalent to the centenary of human beings. In the 1970s and 1980s, this was a very rare achievement, witnessing the hard work made by the Guangzhou Zoo team.
According to reports, many pandas were captured or rescued from the wild in the last century. Due to the limited units and conditions for raising giant pandas at that time, most pandas found in the wild were sent to some animals such as Beijing Zoo, Chengdu Zoo, and Chongqing Zoo.garden. In April 1965, two female giant pandas, Baoling and Baoli, were found outdoors in Baoxing County, Sichuan Province; in September of that year, they were sent to Guangzhou Zoo to live. In 1963, the male giant panda Shanshan, who was also found in the wild in Baoxing County, went to Beijing Zoo to live in September of that year; in March 1973, she was transferred to Guangzhou Zoo to live.
In 1979, Guangzhou began to establish friendly relations with foreign cities. The first international friendly city to make a good relationship with Guangzhou is the Japanese Cinema. BabaylanThe local area of Fukuoka holds the Dong-beating Drum Festival every May 3-4, and men, women, young and old make up and parade in the city in their favorite form. At that time, many people disguised themselves as giant pandas. Seeing that Fukuoka citizens loved pandas so much, Guangzhou sent Babaylan to send “friendly messengers” giant panda Shanshan and Babaylan to Fukuoka to “visit” for two months.
“Because the cage is new, the elf’s ‘Shanshan’ is full of doubts. At first, he always took a step back and tried to snatch the food temptation bowl. But in the end, under the influence of appetite, Komiks, it finally entered the fortune cage. Although it found that it was deceived and irritated for a while, it finally calmed down. The quiet ‘Babaylan’ was very sensible and consciously walked into the fortune cage. When it was eaten with delicious breakfast, it seemed to be relish.” 198<a The Yangcheng Evening News published on March 23, 000, vividly records the moment of the "Friendship Messenger" visit.
The breeder of Guangzhou Zoo back then remembers that Fukuoka Zoo specially built a 150-square-meter ventilated open panda hall for this purpose. After ShanshanKomiks and Baoling arrived, they were all day long.Bookish.com/”>Cinema is crowded with people to see the style of giant pandas.
The media records that “the bamboo eaten by pandas is transported by plane every week from Kyushu Minami and Okinawa. Because the audience is too crowded, a road has to be temporarily built outside the zoo’s Babaylan gate.” “In order to commemorate this grand event, the zoo has published a special issue.
It is understood that this is not only the first time that the Guangzhou giant panda has visited Japan, but also the only time so far.
The panda hall has media reports
The panda breeding environment has steadily improved
After the end of the “visit trip”, Shanshan returned to Guangzhou. It passed away in 1985 at the age of 33, setting a record for the lifespan of pandas raised in the Guangzhou Zoo.
On the wall of the giant panda exhibition hall of Guangzhou Zoo, reports of “Shanshan” and “Baoling” going out and important moments such as the start of panda raising in Guangzhou Zoo were carefully framed into photo frames. According to reports, the Guangzhou Zoo has raised more than 17 giant pandas, 7 of which belong to the own property rights of the Guangzhou Zoo. Since 1991, 10 have been exhibited on loan. Currently, there are two pandas, “Xingyi” and “Yayi”. The brother and sister are 9 years old this year, equivalent to 27 years old in humans. They are also rented from the Chengdu giant panda breeding research base.
This year marks the 57th year of raising giant pandas in Guangzhou Zoo. On the road of exploring giant panda breeding, the park has upgraded and improved the “hardware” and “software” they raise. The new Panda Pavilion was completed in 2018. The new museum covers an area of 2,000 square meters, and is based on the terrain layout, “both internal and external”: the outer sports field has more original greening and habitats for giant pandas to run and jump; in midsummer, the room temperature of the inner sports field is controlled at 22℃~26℃, and giant pandas can cool off happily under the cool breeze. The giant panda hall is full of “Chinese style”.Walking in the indoor visiting passage, visitors can see the giant pandas in the indoor sports field up close through the glass, and learn more about the knowledge about giant panda raising through the transparent design kitchen and bamboo leaf storage room.
CinemaIn addition to facilities, the health and longevity of giant pandas are inseparable from the “National Treasure Guardian TeamCinema“. There are 5 breeders in the team who take care of the giant panda’s daily life and diet. In daily maintenance, the breeding team needs to prepare about 200 kilograms of bamboo tubes and bamboo leaves for the giant panda every day, make 4 steamed buns specially prepared for giant pandas, and match them with fresh fruits and vegetables to fully ensure nutritional supply. At the same time, the feed ratio is adjusted for different physiological periods of giant pandas to ensure balanced nutrition, insist on recording data such as eating, excretion, daily behavior, etc. every day, and through the organization and research of the data, it has laid a good foundation for the “transmission and guidance” work of giant panda breeding. The dietary structure will also be adjusted for the age of giant pandas.
According to reports, the giant pandas are currently rented from Cinema, and the Chengdu giant panda breeding research base will be flexibly allocated according to the growth characteristics of giant pandas. Staff gave an example, if a giant panda enters the breeding period, the research base will arrange for the pairing of giant pandas that are not close relatives according to their blood ties; for older giant pandas, it may also be adjusted to return to the base to retire quietly.