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So...many...Pandas...

Category: Aminals
Posted on: August 8, 2006 10:24 PM, by NotoriousLTP

That's a lot of Panda:

A giant panda in China has given birth to the heaviest cub born in captivity after the longest period in labor and elsewhere twin pandas each gave birth to twins, Xinhua news agency reported.
Six-year-old Zhang Ka delivered the baby on Monday at the Wolong Giant Panda Research Center in the mountainous southwest, Xinhua said.

The cub weighed just 218 grams (half a pound), but was still the heaviest panda ever born in captivity, where most cubs are born at between 83 and 190 grams, Xinhua said.

Chinese keep busting out Panda at this rate, they are going to be hawking them on eBay. You know how much you can get for a gram of Panda...like at least 20 grand on the open market.

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