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Olympic Panda “Lang Lang” dies in Nanjing

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“Lang Lang” was one of the eight “Olympic Pandas” admired around the world during the 2008 Beijing Games. Last month, at his temporary home in the Nanjing Hongshan Forest Zoo, Lang Lang suffered a seizure and was subsequently diagnosed as having epilepsy. After initially exhibiting a strong recovery Lang Lang was overcome by another seizure on 1st December and fell into a coma. Despite 24 hour a day care and therapy from panda experts from Nanjing and Sichuan, the native home of the panda, Lang Lang succumbed, passing away on Thursday 16th December.

The results of an autopsy performed by researchers from Nanjing and the Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center in Sichuan have yet to be published, while Lang Lang’s body is expected to soon return to his spiritual home in Sichuan province.

Lang Lang died a little less than 4 years, 4 months old. Epilepsy is known to be common among older pandas; in 1999 the then oldest panda in the world, “Du Du” died of the disease, aged 37, in Wuhan. The life expectancy of pandas in the wild is approximately 25 years.

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