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Giant panda Pei Pei dies
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Updated: 2004-08-25 15:51


33-year-old giant panda Pei Pei eats bamboo shoots in Hangzhou Zoo, east China's Zhejiang Province in this May 31, 2004 file photo. The zoo authorities announced Tuesday that Pei Pei, after living in the zoo for 30 years, died of age and internal organ failures on August 13. Experts say the average life span of giant pandas is 15 years. [newsphoto]

Pei Pei plays with a zookeeper in this May 31, 2004 file photo. [newsphoto]

Hangzhou residents walk past a picture of Pei Pei in the zoo August 24, 2004. They came to see Pei Pei but only learned that Pei Pei has died. [newsphoto]

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