Word: pandas
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...gestation period for pandas is about five months, and it will take almost 4½ months for the first signs of pregnancy to appear-a swelling of Ling-Ling's breasts as she gets ready to nurse. Thus far only the Chinese have successfully bred a panda by artificial means. But such human intervention is becoming increasingly prudent. In the past five years, earthquakes and the natural disappearance of their major food, the arrow bamboo, have killed at least a tenth of China's giant pandas. Today only about 1,000 remain in the wild...