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Jing Jing (#698)
晶晶
alive female
Born August 30, 2005
Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2005-08-30 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as number 698 in the international giant panda studbook, and is recognized as a captive-bred individual by global giant panda conservation coordination networks. She is the offspring of Ba Si (studbook number 365) and Ya Ya (studbook number 450). Both of her parents are long-term captive residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with documented pedigree records held by the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and captive giant panda breeding programs. She is one of the most frequently viewed giant pandas in the base’s popular public viewing areas, attracting visitors from across China and abroad. As a healthy, fertile adult female giant panda, she has contributed offspring to the coordinated captive breeding program, supporting genetic diversity for the species. She exhibits typical giant panda feeding and resting behaviors, spending most of her day consuming bamboo and resting. Her profile is featured in the base’s official educational materials, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation.
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August 30, 2005
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Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding
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Jing Jing is a female giant panda born on 2005-08-30 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is registered as number 698 in the international giant panda studbook, and is recognized as a captive-bred individual by global giant panda conservation coordination networks. She is the offspring of Ba Si (studbook number 365) and Ya Ya (studbook number 450). Both of her parents are long-term captive residents of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, with documented pedigree records held by the China Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center. Currently living at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, she participates in the base’s public education and captive giant panda breeding programs. She is one of the most frequently viewed giant pandas in the base’s popular public viewing areas, attracting visitors from across China and abroad. As a healthy, fertile adult female giant panda, she has contributed offspring to the coordinated captive breeding program, supporting genetic diversity for the species. She exhibits typical giant panda feeding and resting behaviors, spending most of her day consuming bamboo and resting. Her profile is featured in the base’s official educational materials, helping raise public awareness of giant panda conservation.
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Jing Jing (Chinese: ??, named after the 2008 Olympic mascot), studbook number 698, is a female giant panda born on August 30, 2005 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She is the offspring of Ba Si (??, sb365) and Ya Ya (??, sb450).
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Jing Jing was born and raised at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and continues to reside there. As one of the older pandas at the base, she has lived at Chengdu Base throughout her life and has been a popular attraction for visitors.
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