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World's oldest male panda Pan Pan dies aged 31
Source: BBC
9 hours ago
Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda has died in China aged 31, six months after being diagnosed with cancer.
His more than 130 descendants account for a quarter of the world's captive-bred panda population.
Born in the wild in Sichuan in China, he was taken into captivity when he was just a few months old.
The world's oldest female panda is currently 36-year-old Basi, who also lives in China, after Jia Jia died aged 38 in Hong Kong in October.
Wild pandas usually live to about 20.
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-38466409
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and I have no doubt that he had a good and happy life.
R.I.P., dear Pan Pan
