Ri Ri

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Ri Ri
Ri Ri.jpg
Ri Ri sleeping in 2024 Ueno Zoo
Japanese name 力力 [1]
Chinese name 比力 [1]
Born2005
Partner Shin Shin [2]

Ri Ri (Japanese name: 力力; Chinese name: 比力) is a male giant panda [3] who was born on August 16, 2005 in China. [4]

After the devastating 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he and his partner Shin Shin traveled from China to Tokyo, Japan where they arrived at the Ueno Zoo on February 21, 2011 [5] [6] to lift the mood of the Japanese public. [7]

In early 2012, Ri Ri was found mating with Shin Shin, [8] who gave birth to a male cub on July 5, 2012 (which died from pneumonia 6 days later); Xiang Xiang [9] on June 12, 2017; and twins Xiao Xiao (male) and Lei Lei (female) on June 23, 2021.

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References

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