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Our panda is expecting...maybe
bb1 Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:32 pm
http://news.sky.com/story/1317351/panda-tian-tian-expecting-says-edinburgh-zoo
Panda Tian Tian Expecting, Says Edinburgh Zoo
The zoo says the signs are there but it will not know the outcome for certain until - and if - Tian Tian actually gives birth
Tian Tian has a lack of appetite and is very sleepy
It looks as though Tian Tian the panda is pregnant and may give birth at the end of this month, Edinburgh Zoo says.
The female half of the panda duo - Yang Guang is the male - is spending more and more time asleep, according to officials.
They have been watching her since she was artificially inseminated on April 13.
Iain Valentine, director of pandas, said: "The latest scientific data suggests Tian Tian the giant panda is now pregnant and that implantation has taken place; therefore, she may give birth at the end of the month.
"This is all very new and complex science and we still have a bit of time to go yet, as like last year, the late loss of a cub remains entirely possible."
The zoo's live webcam says Tian Tian is unlikely to be seen in the lead up to a possible birth.
"She is experiencing an increase in progesterone levels, which she will experience whether pregnant or pseudo pregnant, and this gives her a lack of appetite and make her very sleepy," it reports.
"If she is pregnant it is important we actively encourage her to spend as much time as possible in her off show den, where her cubbing box is, as this is the ideal area for her to give birth in."
Tian Tian, whose name means Sweetie, and Yang Guang - Sunshine - arrived at Edinburgh Zoo in 2011 on loan from China for a decade.
She was expecting last year but lost the cub late on in the pregnancy.
Pregnancy in pandas is notoriously difficult to predict so it will be known for sure only when Tian Tian gives birth.
Two colleagues from China are due to travel to Scotland within days, the zoo said.
What? Are we getting more pandas, or is that a mistake?
Panda Tian Tian Expecting, Says Edinburgh Zoo
The zoo says the signs are there but it will not know the outcome for certain until - and if - Tian Tian actually gives birth
Tian Tian has a lack of appetite and is very sleepy
It looks as though Tian Tian the panda is pregnant and may give birth at the end of this month, Edinburgh Zoo says.
The female half of the panda duo - Yang Guang is the male - is spending more and more time asleep, according to officials.
They have been watching her since she was artificially inseminated on April 13.
Iain Valentine, director of pandas, said: "The latest scientific data suggests Tian Tian the giant panda is now pregnant and that implantation has taken place; therefore, she may give birth at the end of the month.
"This is all very new and complex science and we still have a bit of time to go yet, as like last year, the late loss of a cub remains entirely possible."
The zoo's live webcam says Tian Tian is unlikely to be seen in the lead up to a possible birth.
"She is experiencing an increase in progesterone levels, which she will experience whether pregnant or pseudo pregnant, and this gives her a lack of appetite and make her very sleepy," it reports.
"If she is pregnant it is important we actively encourage her to spend as much time as possible in her off show den, where her cubbing box is, as this is the ideal area for her to give birth in."
Tian Tian, whose name means Sweetie, and Yang Guang - Sunshine - arrived at Edinburgh Zoo in 2011 on loan from China for a decade.
She was expecting last year but lost the cub late on in the pregnancy.
Pregnancy in pandas is notoriously difficult to predict so it will be known for sure only when Tian Tian gives birth.
Two colleagues from China are due to travel to Scotland within days, the zoo said.
What? Are we getting more pandas, or is that a mistake?
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Re: Our panda is expecting...maybe
Lamplighter Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:44 pm
A mistake. As she has miscarried, I would assume the Chinese are sending two human colleagues to assist if required. The Chinese normally only allow any zoo to have two pandas at any one time. LLWhat? Are we getting more pandas, or is that a mistake?
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Re: Our panda is expecting...maybe
bb1 Tue Aug 12, 2014 12:53 pm
Oh yes, of course, LL, how silly of me 
It's two more Chinese people, not two more pandas. If a cub is indeed born, he/she should be called YES-YES.
It's two more Chinese people, not two more pandas. If a cub is indeed born, he/she should be called YES-YES.
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