 Hua Mei, approx. two years old, between 2001 and 2002 | |
| Species | Giant panda |
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| Born | (1999-08-21)August 21, 1999 (age 25) San Diego Zoo,California |
| Residence | Ya'an,China |
Hua Mei (simplified Chinese:华美;traditional Chinese:華美; intended meaning: "China/USA") (born August 21, 1999) is a femalegiant panda. She is the first giant panda cub to survive to adulthood in theUnited States. She was born toBai Yun (mother) andShi Shi (father) at theSan Diego Zoo. Millions of people around the world watched Hua Mei grow up via the zoo's Panda Cam.
Hua Mei is the elder half-sister to five other cubs born to Bai Yun:Mei Sheng,Su Lin,Zhen Zhen,Yun Zi, andXiao Liwu. These cubs' father isGao Gao.
In February 2004, upon reaching adulthood, Hua Mei was relocated to theWolong Reserve inSichuan Province,China, where she was reportedly doing very well. By the end of 2007, she had given birth to 3 sets of twins: male twinsTuan Tuan and Mei Ling on September 1, 2004, male/female twins Wei Wei and Ting Ting on August 29, 2005, and another set of male twins, Hua Long and Hua Ao, on 16 July 2007.[1][2][3]
After the2008 Sichuan earthquake damaged much of the giant panda facility in Wolong, Hua Mei was relocated to theBifengxia Panda Base inYa'an. In July 2009, Hua Mei gave birth to a single female cub named Hao Hao.[4]
Hua Mei delivered her eighth cub, a male named Yang Hu, in September 2010. Then she gave birth to her ninth cub, a female named Jia Jia, in August 2012 and a tenth cub, a male, in July 2013.[5][6]
In July 2018, she gave birth to a set of male/female twins named Yi Yi and Jiu Jiu. In October 2019, she gave birth to a set of female twins named Meng Meng and Jin Du Du.
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