China News Agency, Guangzhou, July 29th (Wang Huayongyi) was born in Guangzhou Chimelong Wildlife World, the only case of giant panda triplets in the world that have survived, and celebrated their eighth birthday on July 29th.
In the past 8 years, the three "cute, handsome and cool" sisters and brothers have gone from leaving their mothers and entering collective life to living independently, and now they have their own big "mansions", as well as air conditioners, ice cubes, and bamboos, and their nutrition never falls. A comfortable life.
Giant panda breeding is a recognized worldwide problem.
There are "three difficulties" in the breeding process, namely: difficulty in estrus, difficulty in breeding and conception, and difficulty in survival.
All these lead to the reproduction of giant pandas is generally single or twin, and the probability of triplets is extremely low.
Up to now, only three giant panda triplets have been recorded, and the three "meng, handsome and cool" siblings born in Guangzhou Chimelong Wildlife World are the only one who survived, which is especially rare in the humid and hot areas of southern China.
According to reports, Guangdong Chimelong Group has established the Institute of Animal and Plant Research and Innovation, and has mastered the breeding technology of rare primates, carnivores and other species.
In addition to the giant panda triplets, the world's first black langur twins, koala twins, Bengal tiger quintuplets and sextuplets, spotted lemur triplets, and giant anteater twins have also been successfully bred. Achieved achievements such as "China's first breeding of big-nosed monkey cubs", "China's first breeding of black-legged white-rumped langurs", and successful breeding of critically endangered species and plowshare rays.
At present, Guangdong Chimelong Group has established 7 wildlife conservation bases, and Chimelong Ocean Science Park, whose main project has been completed, will soon become the 8th base.
These bases have successfully conserved more than 68,000 wild animals of more than 1,200 species.
"In terms of quantity, Chimelong has established the world's largest resource bank of live animals." Dong Guixin, chief animal and plant officer of Guangdong Chimelong Group, said that the animals that tourists can see only account for about one-third of the total. , "There are many species that have been in the protection and breeding stage, and have never been exhibited to the public."
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