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Ling Ling panda dies from heart failure at National Zoo
Ling Ling the female giant panda died at the Smithsonian National Zoo from heart failure. Officials preserved about 100 eggs for potential test tube fertilization and plan to mature and freeze them for possible future insemination using Hsing Hsing's frozen semen. Ling Ling and Hsing Hsing had attracted about 63 million visitors since arriving 20 years ago as gifts from China.
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