Taipei City Zoo announced on November 19 that mainland China had given Taiwanese male giant panda died in the afternoon of the same day, at the age of 18, equivalent to about 67 years old in humans.
Tuntuan was diagnosed with a brain tumor in September. The park said that Tuantuan had epilepsy many times in the morning of the 19th, and the frequency continued to increase. After many consultations by experts, it was decided to inject anesthetic drugs into it. Tuantuan stopped his heartbeat at 13:48 (05:48 GMT) in Taipei time.
According to Taipei City Zoo, on the morning of September 18, "Tuantuan" was sent to the Animal Hospital affiliated to National Taiwan University for brain MRI examination. MRI images show that there is a local liquefaction necrotic lesions in the left cerebral hemisphere of "Tuantuan", and similar lesions can also be seen in the right cerebral hemisphere, which may be the cause of epilepsy seizures .
On November 19, the reporter contacted Taipei City Zoo, and staff said that the giant panda "Tuantuan" had passed away on the same day.
The mainland gave Taiwan giant pandas "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan" to Taiwan in December 2008. They are deeply loved by the Taiwanese people and have always been the "star" of Taipei City Zoo. With the joint efforts of experts from both sides of the Taiwan Strait, "Tuantuan" and "Yuanyuan" successfully gave birth to " Yuanzai " and "Yuanbao" in 2013 and 2020, respectively, forming a happy and fulfilling small family.
zoo spokesman Cao Xianshao said that Tuantuan's body will retain fur specimens and bone specimens, the fur specimens will remain in the zoo, live cells will be retained, and the team will also dissect Tuantuan's body to do a pathological anatomy to understand whether it is a hereditary disease, so that you can pay attention to the condition of Tuantuan's children Yuanbao and Yuanzai in advance.
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