37-year-old pandas in Hong Kong break the world's oldest record

A panda in Hong Kong turned 37 this summer, breaking the previous world record of the life of this animal in captivity.

Hong Kong panda breaks the world's oldest record

According to RT, Ocean Park in Hong Kong will celebrate Jia Jia's birthday when the female panda turns 37, equivalent to about 100 years of age if counted by the year of the human being.

Jia Jia panda in captivity environment in Ocean Park on 9/7.(Photo: Reuters)

The staff at the park said they would send Guinness world record registration to Jia Jia after their birthday. However, the exact date of the panda is unclear, only to know that it was brought here from the natural environment in China in 1978.

If living this summer, Jia Jia will break the previous record of the longest life of the big panda Du Du, who died in 1999 when he was 37 years old.

" Raccoons rarely live to this age. It's the equivalent of a person who can live more than a hundred years," Reuters quoted Grant Abel, director of Ocean Park's animal care center.

Jia Jia weighs 80 kg, likes to eat bamboo shoots, fruits and bread. Despite his impaired vision and hearing, Jia Jiac's health is quite good. The veterinarians gave him medicine to control arthritis and high blood pressure.

According to the International Nature Conservation Fund (WWF), the average life expectancy of pandas in the wild is 14-20 years, in captivity is 30 years. Large pandas are one of the world's most endangered animals. WWF's 2014 survey results show that there are only 1,864 individuals in the wild.