The panda, named An An, lived most of his life at Ocean Park after he and a female panda were gifted to Hong Kong by China in 1999.
in captivity has died at age 35 at a Hong Kong theme park after his health deteriorated.
Ocean Park mourned An An as a family member who grew with the park and built bonds with locals and tourists. Last week, hundreds left comments on an Ocean Park post about An An's condition, wishing him a speedy recovery.Footage released by Wildlife Reserves Singapore shows Kai Kai, who was marking his own birthday on September 10, doing his very own gender reveal, tugging on one of his enrichment gifts to send a shower of blue confetti falling.
"An An lived a full life that ended at the respectable age of 35 – the equivalent of 105 years in human age," the statement read.
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