Ba Xi
八喜
11 years old
wild
Ba Xi (八喜, studbook #956) is a male giant panda born July 26, 2015, at Wolong Hetaoping Base. Son of Xi Mei (喜妹) and Lu ...
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Xi Mei
喜妹
alive female
Born August 8, 2000
Xi Mei (喜妹, studbook #511) is a female giant panda born August 8, 2000 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base. A "Hero Mother" with 11 offspring, she is the mother of Yin Ke (银柯). Her son Ba Xi was successfully rewilded in 2017. During a 2016 wild training session, she attacked staff who approached her cub — a display of fierce maternal protection that confirmed her wild instincts were intact.
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Birth date
August 8, 2000
Birth place
Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base
Current location
Wolong Shenshuping Panda Base
Status
Alive
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Xi Mei (喜妹, studbook #511) is a female giant panda born August 8, 2000 at the Wolong Hetaoping Base. A "Hero Mother" with 11 offspring, she is the mother of Yin Ke (银柯). Her son Ba Xi was successfully rewilded in 2017. During a 2016 wild training session, she attacked staff who approached her cub — a display of fierce maternal protection that confirmed her wild instincts were intact.
Basic Profile
Xi Mei (Chinese: 喜妹), studbook number 511, is a female giant panda born on August 8, 2000 at the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Pandas (CCRCGP) Hetaoping Base. Her mother is Long Gu (龙古/Quan Quan) and her father is Da Di (大地).
She is a half-sister of Yang Guang (阳光) — the Edinburgh male — through their mother Long Gu.
The Hero Mother
Xi Mei is one of the most productive females in the CCRCGP program, with 11 offspring across multiple litters. She was named a “Hero Mother” (英雄母亲) for her remarkable breeding record, including consecutive twin births in 2005 and 2006, and giving birth to the year’s first global twin pair in 2012.
Offspring
| Name | Studbook | Gender | Birth | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chun Chun (春春) | 608 | Female | 2005-08-11 | Died 2007 |
| Hui Hui (回回) | 609 | Male | 2005-08-11 | At Huangshan Panda Paradise |
| Tao Tao (淘淘) | 633 | Male | 2006-08-12 | At Ulanqab |
| Si Jia (思嘉) | 634 | Female | 2006-08-12 | At Yabuli |
| Yin Ke (银柯) | 744 | Male | 2009-07-16 | At Linyi Zoo; Asian Games Panda |
| Zheng Zheng (正正) | 834 | Female | 2012-07-11 | Twin; at Shaanxi |
| Hui Hui (辉辉) | 835 | Female | 2012-07-11 | Twin; wild training |
| Xi Le (喜乐) | 877 | Female | 2013-07-24 | At Tianjin Zoo |
| Ba Xi (八喜) | 956 | Male | 2015-07-26 | Rewilded 2017 |
| Hao Yue (皓月) | 1130 | Male | 2018-06-27 | At Yueyang |
| Xi Yue (喜悦) | — | Female | 2019 | At Yueyang |
Wild Training and the 2016 Incident
Xi Mei participated in the wild training program at Tiantai Mountain. In December 2016, when a staff member approached her cub, she attacked without hesitation — a fierce, protective response that confirmed her maternal instincts and wild nature were fully intact. The incident was recorded in CCRCGP reports as evidence of successful wild behavior development.
Ba Xi’s Rewilding
Xi Mei’s son Ba Xi (八喜) was successfully released into the wild at Liziping National Nature Reserve on November 23, 2017 — one of the few captive-born pandas to be successfully rewilded.
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Father Half-siblings (grouped) Children
Xi Mei has
9 half-siblings.
The majority share the same father, Da Di
, indicating a highly prolific paternal lineage.
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