On February 3rd, Memphis Zoo issued the death statement of Lele. Very sad. The health status of the only giant panda in the United States, Yaya, is not optimistic.
Yaya and Lele were sent to Memphis Zoo in Tennessee in 2003. A woman and a man miscarried at the age of 6. Memphis Zoo staff found that the luteinizing hormone index in pandas was low, and the 10-year lease of 20 13 expired. The United States proposes to extend the organization for another ten years. On June 2022, 65438+February 2 1 expired, and the US decided to return it.
However, on 20021,netizens found that Yaya and Lele in Memphis Zoo were thin and bony, and found that the site environment was bad, there was no fresh bamboo to eat, and their health was worrying. However, the head of the American Zoo believes that Yaya and Lele have passed the physical assessment and there are no other health problems such as malnutrition. However, in February 2023, Lele died unfortunately and was as thin as a log. Everyone expressed their concern for Yaya and called on her to return to China as soon as possible.
Morphological characteristics of giant pandas;
Giant pandas are chubby, like bears, with round heads and short tails. Head and trunk length 1.2- 1.8m, tail length 10- 12cm. The weight is 80- 120 kg, and the maximum weight can reach 180 kg. Pandas are slightly heavier, and males are generally slightly larger than females. The head and body are black and white, but black is not pure black, and white is not pure white, but brown in black and yellow in white.
The Qinling area is large, with rough body hair and slightly brown belly hair. Minshan (especially Qingchuan Pingwu) is smaller, with thinner body hair and less brown belly hair, but Liangshan is not small.
The black-and-white appearance is conducive to hiding in dense forests and trees on the snow-covered ground, which is not easy to be found by natural enemies. Relatively sharp claws and powerful front and rear limbs are beneficial for giant pandas to climb tall trees quickly.
Giant panda's skin is thick, the thickest part can reach 10 mm, and the skin thickness of different parts of the body is also different. The back of the body is thicker than the ventral side, and the lateral side is thicker than the medial side. The average skin thickness is about 5 mm, which is white, elastic and tough.