All of Lun Luns and Yang Yangs cubs have been the result of artificial insemination. The pairs first three offspring, male Mei Lan (born 2006), male Xi Lan (born 2008) and female Po (born 2010), now reside at the Chengdu Research Base. Their fourth and fifth offspring, females Mei Lun and Mei Hu
Date: Sep 03, 2016
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Zoo Atlanta performs artificial insemination on female panda
All five of the pairs offspring have been products of AI. The pairs first three cubs, male Mei Lan, born in 2006; male Xi Lan, born in 2008; and female Po, born in 2010, now reside at Chinas Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. Their fourth and fifth offspring, females Mei Lun and Mei
This isn't the first case of mistaken gender for a panda born at Zoo Atlanta. Researchers in China determined in September 2011 that Atlanta-born Mei Lan (may lahn), who was believed to be female, was actually male.
Date: Dec 13, 2013
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Twin giant panda cubs at Zoo Atlanta appear healthy, doing well
Hines said Lun Lun's 15-year-old partner Yang Yang and the cubs' older brothers Xi Lan, 4, and Po, 2 remain on exhibit, and will not be housed with Lun Lun or the cubs for the time being. A third sibling, Mei Lan, 6, was sent back to China in 2010.
The first cub, Mei Lan, was born in September 2006. A resident of Chinas Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding since 2010, Mei Lan was the first of the pairs offspring to return to his parents native country. All five of Lun Luns and Yang Yangs cubs have been products of artificia
Lun Lun was artificially inseminated in March. She and her 15-year-old mate Yang Yang have three previous offspring, also through artificial insemination: 6-year-old male Mei Lan, who now lives at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding; 4-year-old male Xi Lan; and 2-year-old male Po.
Zoo Atlanta staff and a researcher from the panda research center in China where Mei Lan now lives examined the panda 19 days after its birth and determined the panda was female, said Rebecca Snyder, curator of mammals at Zoo Atlanta. But researchers in China recently noticed male reproductive organ"With Mei Lan we waited quite a while before we took him the first time because that was Lun Lun's first cub and she was doing a really good job taking care of him and we didn't want to risk disrupting her behavior," Snyder said. "So we waited until Lun Lun was leaving him regularly before we did thA male panda's testes generally descend after he's 3 years old, but before that there are few obvious signs of gender, Snyder said. That happened in Mei Lan after he had departed for China in February 2010.Snyder said she's not aware of any name change planned for Mei Lan, whose name means "Atlanta Beauty." Plans for Mei Lan wouldn't have been any different had they known he was male Zoo Atlanta's agreement with China requires that pandas be returned at 3 years old, and Mei Lan would still have gone
Po is the third cub born to Zoo Atlanta's giant panda female, Lun Lun. Her first cub, Mei Lan, a female, is now 5 years old and living in China. Lun Lun's second cub, Xi Lan, is still in Atlanta, where he turned 2 years old in August 2010.