The world's oldest 'panda' has died at the age of 34
China's Global Times newspaper reported
China's Global Times newspaper reported that the world's "longest" panda "grandmother" died at the age of 34 at the zoo in Guangdong province.
Panda named Minh Minh "does not survive" due to kidney failure. The Chinese Panda Conservation Center in Sichuan Province said Ming Ming died on May 7, but this information was only taken internally.
Normally, wild pandas only live on average 15 years, while pandas can live up to 22 years.
Large pandas are on the list of endangered species. Currently around the world only about 1,600 pandas with 300 conserved animals in China, which has the world's most effective panda conservation program.
Update 16 December 2018
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