The Washington Post - AP, 9/18/12
(Susan Walsh/ Associated Press ) - FILE - In this Dec. 19, 2011 file photo, Mei Xiang, the female giant panda at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, eats breakfast. Mei Xiang has given birth to a cub following five consecutive pseudopregnancies in as many years.
WASHINGTON — A giant panda at Washington’s zoo surprised scientists and zookeepers by becoming a mom again after years of failed pregnancies.
Scientists at the zoo had all but given up on 14-year-old Mei Xiang’s chances of conceiving, but they were watching the panda for a possible cub nonetheless after she was artificially inseminated earlier this year. She gave birth late Sunday, her first cub since 2005.
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