Zoo solves mystery of Chuang Chuang deathGiant pandas Lin Hui and Chuang Chuang play with an ice cake at Chiang Mai Zoo on Nov 9, 2005. On Tuesday, they learned it was heart failure, according to a Chinese-assisted autopsy on the death of 19-year-old Chuang Chuang, who had been on loan from China since 2003 with his mate Lin Hui. Chuang Chuang's mate, Lin Hui, would stay at the zoo for the time being, it said. Chuang Chuang famously was put on a diet in 2007 when the zoo was trying to encourage he and Lin Hui to conceive. The zoo even resorted to "panda porn" videos of other pandas mating to encourage Chuang Chuang, but Lin Hui eventually conceived through artificial insemination.

Source: Bangkok Post October 08, 2019 13:41 UTC