We have heard many stories of women who forged a pregnancy and also we know that some animals may develop psychological pregnancy, but a fluffy giant panda fakes pregnancy for gain more privileges and perks is not normal. The last Friday (August 27th) the cute giant panda bear called Ai Hin, age 6, faked a pregnancy to have some perks and preferential treatment that only pregnant giant pandas have. One of the privileges is to moved to a single room with air conditioning and around-clock care, besides having more space in a big room with a cooler environment, Ai Hun receive more food too, as more buns, bamboo and fruits. As she had already received this treatment before, zookeepers investigated the possibility that she actually faked pregnancy because she got to present all the signs that lead you to believe that she really was pregnant like the increase of hormones, change in appetite and moving less, but at the end of it all, they found that she was not really pregnant because these signs disappeared two months after she have privileged treatment. Giant pandas are endangered animals, in China only 1.600 giant pandas survive in the mountain forest. Even the babies pandas don’t have a big survival rates and the limited number of annual fertilization in each giant panda coupled and the time span for a pregnancy is from 80 to 200 days, still their preservation is very important and there is always hope when a female panda gets pregnant, as this increases the chance of preserving the species.
The complete news:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/world/asia/china-panda-pregnancy/index.html?iref=allsearch
http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/world/asia/china-panda-pregnancy/index.html?iref=allsearch
Julianne,
ReplyDeleteVery interesting article and very funny.
Carol