As you are all probably aware, giant panda Tian Tian is now past her due date and the evidence suggests that this may be bad news. She is still displaying some of the behaviours of a pregnant panda, but the scientific data from the urine analysis of her hormones is becoming more atypical. There is still a chance she will give birth to a live cub as her progesterone levels have not yet returned to base.
I must stress, as there has been a lot in the news recently about pandas ‘faking’ it, that this was definitely not a pseudo or phantom pregnancy. The results of cutting edge scientific analysis have shown that, across the entire pregnancy, Tian Tian had the profile of a pregnant panda likely to carry to full term.
I was planning to visit the newborn early next year. This is sad.
What's sad is that it definitely could've been prevented as zoo officials were previously blaming the noise from low-flying planes that were causing stress for Tian Tian.
What's sad is that it definitely could've been prevented as zoo officials were previously blaming the noise from low-flying planes that were causing stress for Tian Tian.
I just read the article. She miscarried last year too. Ugh, and the Edinburgh Festival wouldn't have helped.
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She was successfully inseminated last year but lost her cub at late term
