Chinanews.com, November 21. According to Taiwan's "United Daily News", the giant panda "Tuantuan" at the Taipei Zoo passed away on the 19th.
The zoo said that the giant pandas "Yuanzai", "Yuanyuan" and "Yuanbao" will be exhibited on the 20th. Since giant pandas are independent individuals, after the death of "Tuantuan", the daily life of other individuals will not be affected.
Data map: Giant panda "Tuantuan".
Image source: Visual China
Since Taipei Zoo welcomed the arrival of "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan" in 2008, in 2013 and 2020, the giant pandas gave birth to daughters "Yuanzai" and "Yuanbao" respectively through artificial breeding.
"Tuan Tuan" passed away on the 19th and lived to be 18 years old. Today, all of Taiwan's giant panda families are girls.
At the scene, senior panda fans wore T-shirts with panda patterns and went to the zoo to reminisce. Panda fans sighed tearfully. Although they can still see pandas, there is already one missing. "Tuantuan" is gone. Tuantuan's condition deteriorated so quickly."
Some people held back tears while watching the pandas on display rolling and showing off, saying that they hope that "Tuantuan" will be happy in "Panda Planet", and that "Tuantuan" can bless its family members to be healthy.
In addition, some politicians in Taipei specially invited the public to mourn "Tuantuan" in front of the three-dimensional giant panda statue on the sidewalk of the zoo MRT station, and thank "Tuantuan" for bringing joyful memories to all Taiwanese people over the past 14 years.
Some people said that "Tuantuan" is an early animal star, it is the collective memory of residents in Wenshan District, and it is also a popular choice for off-campus teaching by surrounding students. Many friends and children have seen "Tuantuan", so they know "Tuantuan" Everyone was very sad when he passed away, so they came to mourn.