Zhen Zhen (Chinese: 珍珍) is a female giant panda born on August 3, 2007, to Bai Yun and Gao Gao at the San Diego Zoo. Her name means "Precious".[1] She is Bai Yun's fourth cub, and Gao Gao's third. Zhen Zhen has one half sibling, Hua Mei, and four full siblings, Mei Sheng, Su Lin, Yun Zi, and Xiao Liwu. Like her full siblings, Zhen Zhen was conceived via natural mating.

Zhen Zhen made her public debut on December 22, 2007, and was weaned in early 2009. Zhen Zhen, along with her sister Su Lin, were sent to Bifengxia Panda Base in China on September 24, 2010.[2][3]

In 2018, Zhen Zhen was released into the wild as part of a research project, with a collar attached to her neck. She walked through a village when finding food, drawing attention from the residents. Zhen Zhen explored for several hours, before being sedated and brought back to the Wolong Shensuping Panda Base. Wu Daifu, the director of the Hetaoping panda training base said in a phone interview with China Central Television that the base allows Zhen Zhen out of her enclosure to possibly mate with wild pandas.[4]

Notes

  1. ↑ New panda named: San Diego Zoo News Release
  2. ↑ "Make Us Proud, Su and Zhen!". San Diego Zoo. Sep 25, 2010. Archived from the original on July 7, 2012. Retrieved September 27, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Good luck to Su Lin and Zhen Zhen". Pandas Live On. Sep 25, 2010. Archived from the original on October 5, 2011.
  4. ↑ "Surprisingly social panda takes stroll through village". New York Post. June 4, 2018.


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