Recently, the giant panda 'He Ye' has shown some signs of growing up. Now its weight and strength are gradually close to that of an adult giant panda, but panda He Hua is still relatively petite. In the process of growing up, the panda twins gradually grew into different sizes.
Why doesn't the panda Hua Hua grow taller?
1. The issue with body size is similar to Hua Hua's short, chubby and explosive fur, which means her body is short, neck is short, feet are short, and her fur is very fluffy, making her seems to be chubby and beautiful. Later, when she developed cheeks, she looked a little silly, so she looked different from other pandas. Besides, there is no problem with the legs of the giant panda He Hua, but she is too fat and appear to have very short legs.
2. Panda Huahua's small size is due to her premature and weak birth.
Panda Hua Hua, also known as He Hua, was born on July 4, 2020, along with her twin sister He Ye, in the Moon Delivery Room of Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding. She was born with a birth weight of 200g and should have been born with congenital deficiencies. However, fortunately, she was taken care of by the nursing panda parents at the breeding base, and we were able to see that He Hua grow up healthy.
What are the flaws of He Hua? Is Hua Hua dwarfism?
1. The first thing to confirm is that Panda He Hua is not dwarfism. The problem with panda He Hua is her legs. As early as Hua Hua's infancy, it was discovered that her right leg was abnormal. Therefore, staffs in Chengdu Panda Base provided her with leg massage treatment. After growing up, the legs of the panda Huahua returned to be normal. Although she walked slowly and was not good at climbing trees, it did not affect Huahua's normal life, which does not mean that Huahua has dwarfism.
2. Huahua's weight: Compared to other panda bears peers, Huahua, has a lighter weight. He Hua's father is the panda Mei Lan. The fur of the pandas in his family is much longer than that of normal pandas, and the long hair of Hua Hua is even stronger. The pandas in this family start to have gills around the age of one (such as Run Yue), while Hua Hua has been plump and round since childhood. iPanda media even called Hua Hua "the most plump (round) in history". Hua Hua is not heavy, and can even be said to be very light.
3. Hua Hua's god mother. Nine months after the birth, the panda Cheng Gong took the twin sisters, panda Hua Hua and panda He Ye began to be raised by the godmother. The reasons explained by the Chengdu Panda Base are: i. The panda Cheng Gong has insufficient milk supply. ii. The panda Cheng Gong has fallen ill. iii. The panda Cheng Gong has weaned. The sisters and Cheng Gong have been separated for several months. Cheng Gong mom has been weaned, the mother and her kids can't be reunited again. Although He Hua and He Ye failed to talk with her mother, the two godmothers were very kind to the sisters.
In a conclusion, Panda He Hua is not a dwarf, but rather grows smaller due to genetics and external factors.