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A wildlife park in Lanzhou City, northwest China’s Gansu Province, has recently succeeded in the artificial breeding of a giant panda in captivity. Born at the Lanzhou Wildlife Park to the mother panda Man Lan, the cub is approaching one month old. The cub weighed just over 100g at birth and has since developed the distinctive markings of a giant panda — its limbs, shoulders, and eye sockets have darkened, and it now weighs nearly 1,300g. After the one-month mark, the incubator will be gradually opened to help the cub acclimate to its surroundings before it is eventually moved out of the enclosure. The park currently houses five giant pandas. Because Man Lan is a first-time mother with no prior experience, the cub is receiving artificial care. A dedicated team provides round-the-clock monitoring, tracking the cub’s growth and maintaining strict control of temperature and humidity inside the enclosure. “We measure its growth indicators every five days and weigh it daily. At present, bot...

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