Ling Ling (giant panda) is roughly equivalent to 70 years old for a human. According to the Ueno Zoo, Ling Ling was the oldest panda in Japan, as well as the fifth oldest known captive male panda in the world at the time of his death. Ling Ling's portrait and favorite food, bamboo shoots, were displayed in his cage following his death. Zoo visitors left bouquets of flowers and signed condolence registers. Ling Ling's death left the Ueno Zoo without a resident giant panda for the first time in 36 years; since October 1972 when two pandas, Kang Kang and Lan Lan, were given
Yang Yang (Atlanta giant panda) are solitary and males do not play any part in cub-rearing, Yang Yang is kept separate from Lun Lun and their offspring. Yang Yang (Atlanta giant panda) Yang Yang (, meaning: "little sea") (b. 9 September 1997) is a male giant panda currently in captivity at Zoo Atlanta. He is the mate to Lun Lun and the father to Mei Lan, Xi Lan, Po, twins Mei Lun and Mei Huan and two new female twins, Ya Lun and Xi Lun. Yang Yang was born at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding and has been on loan to Zoo