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Professor Zhang Hemin, head of the Wolong research group, said that the species has produced more cubs than ever before, with sixteen born and nurtured at his center at the Wolong base, and another two born in the United States.
The famous panda expert said that Wolong is home to more than 140 wild pandas, accounting for about 10 percent of the entire panda population living in China.
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I'm afraid that I've done this discussion topic before but I have to wade into the shopping arena and may not emerge for awhile, so I'll throw in some pictures of the 18 panda cubs born this year. So, I'm... [Read More]
There were 16 at Wolong (pictured) and then the 2 in the US, so 18 total.
Posted by: pandafix | 12/29/2005 at 12:20 AM
So is it 16 or 18 cubs?
Posted by: chris | 12/28/2005 at 02:03 PM