By Kelly McCarthy
The world's oldest captive giant panda Basi (click here) has died, her keepers in Fuzhou, southeast China announced Thursday.
"With a heavy heart, we solemnly announce today that giant panda star Basi died at 8:50am at the age of 37," an official from the Straits Giant Panda
Research and Exchange Centre in Fuzhou said.
Basi first became sick in July and developed irreversible liver damage, according to the research center.
She lived to the equivalent of more than 100 years old in human years, surpassing all other pandas she lived with in captivity.
