The other day while sitting on a plane reading the USA Today, I came across an article about a Giant Panda at the San Diego Zoo that was about to give birth to her 4th baby in a year. Gestation period for a Giant Panda ranges from 83 to 163 days (average 135 days), and usually have one to two babies at a time. Humans typically can't have one in that time frame.
That isn't the crazy thing about this article, after the baby is born, it will be shipped off to China to be apart of the Giant Panda Breeding program. So my question is why is China saving Panda's and killing humans? Granted Giant Pandas are endangered and humans are not, but if the Giant Panda can have at least 2 to 4 babies and humans usually only have one baby year(this isn't counting those that have multiple births i.e. twins, triplets, etc.) shouldn't the Pandas be pretty well off( especially with quite a few in captivity)?
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