Panderer to parenthood
NZPA-AP Washington National zoo officials are heartened by a new sign of impending motherhood from the giant panda, Ling-Ling. She is finally doing some nest-building but she’s also running out of time, a zoo spokeswoman said. Zoo officials believe that the 15-year-old panda will give birth by December 17 or not at all this year, because that is the end of the gestation period that started when she mated with Hsing-Hsing in July. The female panda has conceived twice before, but each time the cub has died.
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Press, 16 December 1985, Page 16
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