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MEET / 1142An individual life
Hehe
和和
- Life status
- Living
- Born
Hehe and his twin sister Meimei were born to Caocao through the field breeding program with wild pandas. After the siblings were born and survived in 2018, they were certified by Guinness World Records in 2019 as the first surviving giant panda twins born through a field breeding program involving a captive giant panda and a wild counterpart. The name Hehe comes from the giant panda character in the animation “Panda and Little Mole.”
- Sex
- Male
- Studbook number
- 1142
No photograph is available yet.
Timeline
4 recorded events
Born at Hetaoping as one of the first surviving field-breeding twins
Hehe was born at Hetaoping Wild Training Base on July 25, 2018, weighing 215 grams. He and his twin sister Meimei became the world’s first surviving giant panda twins born through a field breeding program involving a captive giant panda and a wild counterpart.
Hetaoping Wild Training Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Officially named Hehe
Hehe and his sister Meimei officially received the names Hehe and Meimei on December 26, 2018.
Received a Guinness World Records certification with Meimei
Hehe and Meimei received Guinness World Records certification on June 12, 2019, as the first surviving giant panda twins born through the field breeding program.
- Year only
Mated naturally and became a father
At the Ya’an Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in 2025, Hehe mated naturally and became a father, helping carry wild-origin genes into the next generation of the breeding population.
Ya’an Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Relationships
Mother
Places
Current place
Shenshuping Base of the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda
Read more about its time in different places in the Timeline.
Sources
These are sources related to this panda. Sources for individual events appear in the timeline; one source does not establish every detail.
- cpc.people.com.cnhttps://cpc.people.com.cn/n/2015/1120/c87228-27836923.html
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- live.ipanda.comhttps://live.ipanda.com/event/reintroduction_2015/index.shtml
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- news.ipanda.comhttps://news.ipanda.com/2018/12/26/ARTIpn36xt7ILdRfWg4q4Cyb181226.shtml
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- pandapia.comhttps://pandapia.com/panda/view.html?id=NjM3
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- politics.people.com.cnhttps://politics.people.com.cn/n/2013/0707/c70731-22107466.html
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- www.chinanews.comhttps://www.chinanews.com/sh/2019/06-12/8862956.shtml
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