Brother becomes sister? Official announcement: The gender of this chubby cat is actually... wrong!

January 24

A sudden news

Topped the trending search list

Netizens couldn't believe their eyes

#He Ye's brother becomes sister#

Well-known

It has been popular for more than three years.

The top panda star He Hua (Hua Hua)

There is one that is as good as it.

"Brother" and Ye

Why, so suddenly?

So He Ye becomes... "sister"?

** Why did the giant panda "He Ye"** change from a "little brother" to a "little sister"?

The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding released a video on the 24th. In the video, Grandpa Tan said that when "He Ye" was just born, its gender characteristics tended to be that of a "younger brother". After raising it for a few months, it was identified as a "younger brother" based on its high urination, lively personality, and tall stature, and the nannies no longer doubted its gender. However, as "He Ye" grew up, its male characteristics were not obvious. The nannies asked experts to collect biological samples from "He Ye", and the results showed that it was indeed a "younger sister".

▲Video screenshot from Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding

Why is it so difficult to tell the gender of a giant panda? There is a theory that a baby giant panda is a premature baby. When its mother gives birth to it, its development is not yet complete. For example, its ears and eyes only have a few small protrusions when it is born. Its genitals are also not fully developed, especially for male giant pandas. It takes 3 to 4 years for the testicles to sink into the scrotum, and even then, its genitals are not very obvious.

For giant panda researchers, the way to determine the sex of a giant panda is to observe or touch its genitals when the baby is born, but the accuracy of this method is very low. The most scientific way is to identify the sex of the baby through the genitals during a physical examination, and a more rigorous method is to use DNA identification.

There is also a claim that it is the result of the degeneration of the giant panda species. Regardless of the answer, the mystery left by the giant panda to humans still needs to be solved slowly while we protect them.

Netizen comment: Does Huahua know about this?

Source: Shenjiang Service Guide, Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Base, Red Star News, netizens’ comments, etc.