World's oldest panda celebrates birthday
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Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda, celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday in a panda protection center of southwest China's Sichuan Province. [Photo/Xinhua] |
Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda, celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday in a panda protection center of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
"Happy birthday to you; Happy birthday to you...." Fans and staff from China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda sang the birthday song for Pan Pan, whose age is roughly equivalent to that of a 100-year-old human, after helping clean up his house in early Monday morning.
A luxury "cake", a three-tier ice sculpture decorated with carrots, was proudly displayed in the center of Pan Pan's playground and the aged star gracefully emerged from the privacy of his room to quietly join his party amid raucous cheering.
Always dignified, he circumnavigated his cake, appeared to make a wish, plumped himself heavily on the ground and began to gobble up the delicacies.
"We believe Pan Pan is the oldest male panda in the world," Wei Rongping, deputy of the center, told guests.
Pan Pan was born in the wild, in Sichuan's Baoxing county in 1985. He was raised at the center when he was only a few months old.
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