Panda gives birth at Washington zoo

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"2">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>A giant panda gave birth to a wriggling cub at Washington’s National Zoo on Friday&comma; the zoo said in a statement&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The cub was born to 22-year-old mother Mei Xiang in the early evening&comma; local time&comma; the zoo said in an Instagram post that announced the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;joyous news”&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It will take some time before the sex of the cub can be determined&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Mei Xiang picked the cub up immediately and began cradling and caring for it&comma;” the zoo said in a statement&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The panda team heard the cub vocalise&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Panda lovers around the world were able to see the birth on the zoo’s Panda Cam&period; Zookeepers also were using the camera to keep an eye on mother and baby&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The cub is Mei Xiang’s fourth&period; Her first three offspring&comma; Tai Shan&comma; Bao Bao and Bei Bei&comma; were transported to China at the age of four under an agreement with the Chinese government&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Giant pandas are an international symbol of endangered wildlife and hope&comma; and with the birth of this precious cub we are thrilled to offer the world a much-needed moment of pure joy&comma;” said Steve Monfort&comma; John and Adrienne Mars Director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Because Mei Xiang is of advanced maternal age&comma; we knew the chances of her having a cub were slim&period; However&comma; we wanted to give her one more opportunity to contribute to her species’ survival&period;”<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At 22&comma; Mei Xiang is the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States&period; The oldest in the world gave birth in China at the age of 23&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div style&equals;"padding-bottom&colon;15px&semi;" class&equals;"wordads-tag" data-slot-type&equals;"belowpost">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div id&equals;"atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed1209d55b8">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<script type&equals;"text&sol;javascript">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &equals; function &lpar;&rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; false &equals;&equals;&equals; &lpar; window&period;isWatlV1 &quest;&quest; false &rpar; &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&sol;&sol; Use Aditude scripts&period;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings &equals; window&period;tudeMappings &vert;&vert; &lbrack;&rsqb;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;tudeMappings&period;push&lpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;divId&colon; 'atatags-dynamic-belowpost-68ed1209d55b8'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;format&colon; 'belowpost'&comma;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;if &lpar; document&period;readyState &equals;&equals;&equals; 'loading' &rpar; &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;document&period;addEventListener&lpar; 'DOMContentLoaded'&comma; window&period;getAdSnippetCallback &rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub; else &lbrace;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;window&period;getAdSnippetCallback&lpar;&rpar;&semi;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&rcub;&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;script>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>


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