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Xing Xing Third

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Xing Xing Third is a male giant panda born on 2023-09-20 at Dalian Zoo. He is registered in the international giant panda studbook under number 1370, and he remains alive as of 2024. He is the offspring of Bing Bing and Hua Hua, two adult giant pandas housed at Dalian Zoo. Both of his parents are part of the Chinese national captive giant panda breeding program managed by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda. Currently living at Dalian Zoo, Dalian, Liaoning Province, China, he participates in public education programming for the zoo’s visitors and routine population monitoring for the captive giant panda breeding program. His care follows national standards for giant panda husbandry developed by Chinese wildlife management authorities. As a young captive-born giant panda, Xing Xing Third displays typical juvenile foraging and exploratory behaviors, spending most of his daily activity feeding on bamboo and playing with enrichment structures. He is a popular attraction for domestic tourists at Dalian Zoo, and contributes to the genetic diversity of the global captive giant panda population, which supports long-term conservation efforts for the vulnerable species.