Shuan Shuan, Mexico's longest-lived giant panda, celebrated her last birthday before passing away at the Chapultepec Zoo, which commemorated its 99th anniversary.

"With hundreds of drawings and a giant cake, with dates and apple, her favorite food, as part of her environmental enrichment, Shuan Shuan lived her last day full of joy," informed the Secretariat of the Environment (Sedema) in a statement.

The panda reached 35 years of life, which is more than double the average life span of these animals in the wild (15 years) and even the average life span in captivity (30 years), said the agency.

Her name means double double and she was so named because she had a twin when she was born on June 15, 1987. She was the seventh and last offspring of Pe-Pe and Ying-Ying, who were the first pandas to arrive in Mexico on September 10, 1975, three years after Mexico and China re-established diplomatic relations.

She was characterized for having a very good appetite, being very active and playful, but like all giant pandas, she could stay more than 2 hours resting on her pallet, according to Sedema.

"Thanks to the care of the great team of the General Directorate of Zoos and Wildlife Conservation, which includes the caretakers of the Giant Pandas Shuan Shuan and Xin Xin (we affectionately call them the 'panderos'), veterinarians, biologists and operational staff, Shuan Shuan became the longest-lived giant panda in Mexico and one of the giant pandas that have reached one of the oldest ages outside China, a source of pride for both Mexico and China," the statement said.

Eight giant panda cubs have been born at the Chapultepec Zoo. This species has moved away from extinction as there are currently more than 1,800 giant pandas in the wild in China and more than 500 in breeding centers and zoos, most of them in their country of origin.

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  • Eco [she/her]
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    2 years ago

    very funny watching people learn in real time that shinzo abe was a fascist and not just the birth rate meme guy

      • scraeming [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        Gotta get the birth rate up, but also gotta subsidize a corporate system that keeps people at work and/or away from their families for 12 hours a day because productivity metrics are garbage.

          • scraeming [he/him]
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            2 years ago

            Well when your entire economy is only allowed to exist in the impossible state it's currently in by the grace of ally nations who all pretend your economy isn't sustained purely by the fiat of "nah it's fine don't worry about it", because they love cheap high-quality cars and electronics, there's really not much to be done lmao

            • Grownbravy [they/them]
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              2 years ago

              Damn, my own petard is getting awfully close to hoisting me

              • A fool, moments away from being hoisted by his own petard
    • hexaflexagonbear [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      Ngl I found out he's a fascist a while back on here, but before I kind of assumed he was just a center-right neolib like most other G7 leaders.

    • Quimby [any, any]M
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      2 years ago

      Idk if I'd call him a fascist other than in the sense of "neoliberalism is the moderate wing of fascism". He's a prototypical neoliberal imo.