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© 2017 AFPBashful pandas at Ueno Zoo mate after four-year hiatus
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Moonraker
Seems somehow fitting that they are reflecting the widely-reported mating habits of their hosts.
Mike L
Wow, even panda have become Japanized sexually.
Silvafan
I wonder if the pandas difficulty in mating is due to it no longer living in its natural environment. Doesn't China keep them all in closed structures or rented to zoos around the world? Is there a such thing as a wild panda? The behaviors that would have been passed down or influenced by the natural environment are no longer being passed down to the next generation.
In a way, you could can compare it to humans who loose their culture because factors are influencing their ability to pass it on.
Dre Hund
Well if that was the first time in four years, 52 seconds was actually a pretty long time.
Yubaru
Damn I have heard of "quickies" but 52 seconds? And timed too?
bones
So is this considered PANDA porn !?
serendipitous
Maybe he got a bit excited knowing he was being timed (and filmed?!)
Blacklabel
Even female pandas have to be in the "right frame of mind"? Great article made my day so far to think how a lot of these same ideas apply in human mating.
paulinusa
Maybe 52 seconds is a sexual marathon for a panda.
commanteer
A public performance of intercourse? I think it's called panda-ing to the crowd.
Kapuna
“Living together could lead to quarrels and wounding each other.” Wow, just like humans.
sensei258
Are you sure it wasn't a webcam in my house?
lucabrasi
'52 seconds,"?
I hope the wife doesn't see that, or she's going to get all kinds of marathon-session ideas.
Aly Rustom
They actually mated, so I'd say its an improvement.
If that's the case, I wouldn't hold my breath for a baby.
Aly Rustom
Never mind. You were right
towingtheline
I suppose its hard too feel the urge living in a very small prison cell :(
Fapster
52 seconds! dayum!! maybe it was good for her too? unimaginable!