World's oldest male panda dies at 31, remembered by many

Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda, sired more than 130 offspring, amounting to a quarter of all captive-bred pandas in the world. The center’s Twitter post said, “In the past three days, Pan Pan’s condition rapidly deteriorated, losing consciousness and the ability to move and eat.”

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Pan Pan, whose name means "hope" or "expectation", died early on Wednesday morning at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center for Giant Panda, also in Sichuan. Media playback is unsupported on your device Media caption Pan Pan was diagnosed with cancer in June - nine months after his 30th birthday

Pan Pan, the world's oldest male panda has died in China aged 31, six months after being diagnosed with cancer. His name Pan Pan means expectation in Chinese

Pan Pan has fathered many panda cubs over the past 20 years and reports state that he has more than 130 descendants which account for the world's 25 percent population of captive-bred pandas.
Pan Pan, the oldest male panda on Earth, dies at the age of 31.