Mating season for the giant pandas

Posted on 10 April 2005 @ 14:45 in Stress Busters

Sounds like there’s going to be pitter-patter of little panda paws at the San Diego Zoo at the end of this year:


(04-09) 17:34 PDT SAN DIEGO, (AP) –

Giant pandas Gao Gao and Bai Yun retired to their favorite spot under a few bushes and mated over the past two days, marking the only successful natural insemination of a panda this year in the United States, San Diego Zoo officials said Saturday.

Full story here:

Love is in the air as pandas at San Diego Zoo mate successfully

Other stories:
Panda undergoes artificial insemination (Zoo Atlanta’s pair)
Amorous pandas raise hope for cub (Washington, DC National Zoo’s pair)