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Si Hai

四海

Si Hai is a male giant panda born on 2019-01-01 at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. His studbook number is 1165, and he is confirmed to be alive as of the latest official records from the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. He is the offspring of Xi Dou and Ya Xin, both adult giant pandas housed at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. His lineage is tracked as part of the national Chinese giant panda studbook program. Currently living at Doha Panda House in Qatar, he participates in joint international giant panda conservation research and public education programming. The facility operates under a cooperative conservation agreement between Qatar and China, focused on giant panda habitat protection and breeding science. As a male giant panda bred in human care, Si Hai demonstrates typical foraging and locomotor traits of the species, spending most of his daily activity period feeding on bamboo. His public presence in Doha raises global public awareness of giant panda conservation. Giant pandas are classified as vulnerable by the IUCN, and Si Hai’s residency supports transnational conservation capacity building for the species.