Washington’s National Zoo is on baby watch after concluding that venerable giant panda matriarch Mei Xiang is pregnant and could give birth this week.
It’s one panda in, two pandas out for zoos in the Netherlands and Canada, respectively, in good and bad animal news during the coronavirus crisis.
The zoo reopened on a limited basis July 24, with restrictions in place to keep the crowds down. However, all indoor exhibits, including the extremely popular panda house, have remained closed. Visitors can still view the outdoor panda enclosure, but Mei Xiang has mostly been staying indoors, creating a nest out of branches. She can still be viewed on the panda cam.are inherently tricky, with stillbirths and miscarriages happening frequently.
Another potential complication is the age of the mother. Mei Xiang, at 22, would be the oldest giant panda to successfully give birth in the United States. The oldest in the world to give birth, in China, was 23. “Reproductively speaking, she is an older bear,” Baker-Masson said. “But she has been a great mother in the past.”
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