A panda breeding center in southwest China is applying for two world records for a female Giant panda: the oldest panda to have a baby and the longest pregnancy period, Chinese state television reported.
Panda "Jini" gave birth to a female cub on March 26, after 324 days of pregnancy and at the unusually high age of 14, according to CCTV.
Experts at the Wolong Panda Research and Breed Centre in Chengdu City, in China's Sichuan province, said that a 14-year-old panda was just like a human being in their forties, and that it was the longest pregnancy period of pandas they have ever seen.
Normal gestation periods for giant pandas range from between three-and-a-half to five months, according to some experts.
Last year scientists placed Jini with a dozen male pandas for them to mate, but Jini showed no sign of getting pregnant until almost a year later when scientists had lost hope for her.
So far the panda cub is growing healthily.
And the mother is growing accustomed to her new responsibilities, said a nurse at Wolong Centre.
"She was a bit afraid to hold her baby at the beginning because it is her first time as a mother. The way she held the baby was not quite right," he said, but added: "After practicing for some time, she gradually got used to it."
you know that Bai Yun the female at the San Diego zoo is 15 and she bred with her mate 3 times for a total of 5 minutes. If she has a cub that will make her the oldest ever.