World's first blood bank for panda to be built in Wolong

Two pandas eat at southwest China's Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre in the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province on May 21, 2005. The center will finish setting up the world's first giant panda blood bank this year to assist researchers in studying the endangered animals' blood types and chances of accepting blood transfusions.

Researchers study the habit of a panda at southwest China's Giant Panda Protection and Research Centre in the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan province on May 21, 2005.