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Panda porn

Sex films help panda get pregnant

A Chinese project to screen videos of pandas mating to captive animals seems to be bearing fruit, with news that a four-year-old panda is pregnant.

Hua Mei, who was born in the US but moved to China in February, was shown the videos as preparation for a series of "blind dates", the China Daily said.

The female was shown the videos because experts feared she had little knowledge of mating after living in captivity.

Pandas rarely breed in captivity and are endangered in the wild.

Hua Mei, who was born to two Chinese pandas on loan to San Diego zoo, is the first foreign-born panda to return to China.

She has been shown the videos since she arrived at the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Centre in south west China in February, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

China last week announced the results of a first comprehensive survey of its wild panda population.

This showed there were an estimated 1,600 of the creatures left in the wild, 40% more than previous figures suggested.

Correspondents warned that the numbers might reflect the fact that the survey was so thorough, rather than a genuine recovery in numbers.

A further 161 pandas were reported to be living in captivity.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/asia-pacific/3814397.stm

Published: 2004/06/17 07:38:27 GMT

© BBC MMIV

I wonder what the names of panda porno are:

"The black and white munchstrels"

"Big bamboo"

"The (once every) seven year bitch"

Emps
 
Pandas give thumbs-up to theory of evolution
By Roger Highfield, Science Editor
(Filed: 29/12/2005)

The riddle of the panda's thumb - one of the classic stories used to illustrate evolution - is even more remarkable than scientists had thought, according to a study published this week.

In 1980, the late and highly-regarded evolutionary biologist Stephen Jay Gould celebrated the concept of contingency in evolution with the development of the giant panda's false thumb.

In The Panda's Thumb, a book of essays, Gould explained that the so-called thumb that allows the panda to strip the leaves off bamboo is really part of the wrist (the sesamoid bone) and evolved for this use because the panda lacks an opposable digit.

He noted that "odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution - paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process. . . follows perforce." Evidence published on Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that the thumb of a second kind of panda, the raccoon-like red panda, provides what researchers claim is "an even more striking example of how evolution works opportunistically".

A Spanish team has uncovered the earliest evidence of a "false thumb" in the panda fossil record, a finding that also clarifies the evolution of, and relationship between, the distantly related red and giant pandas. Both pandas share the unique false thumb. But the thumbs are structurally different and it is likely that they evolved independently.

The researchers report a false thumb in previously unknown fossils of the red panda ancestor Simocyon batalleri, a puma-sized, tree-dwelling carnivore. "The discovery that this animal had a "false thumb" throws new light on the evolution of this feature in both the giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) and the red panda (Ailurus fulgens) lineages," said the team.

Source: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jh ... anda29.xml
 
Gu Gu the panda is said to have suffered no harm after the event
A drunken Chinese tourist says he bit a panda who attacked him after he jumped into a zoo enclosure to "hug" the bear.
Zhang Xinyan, 35, had drunk four draught beers before deciding to enter the Beijing Zoo pen belonging to six-year-old male panda Gu Gu.

The startled Gu Gu bit both legs of his intruder, who responded by biting "the panda on its back", Mr Zhang was quoted by state media as saying.

Mr Zhang said he had not realised pandas could be violent.

He told the Beijing Morning Post that he had come to the Chinese capital "only to see the pandas".

"The seven-hour train ride was exhausting, and I drank bottles of beer when I arrived then had a nap," he added.

Punishment

The newspaper said Mr Zhang had a "sudden urge" to touch Gu Gu with his hand, so he jumped over the waist-high railing into the enclosure.

No one ever said they would bite people. I just wanted to touch it

Zhang Xinyan

"When he got closer and was undiscovered, he reached out to hug it," the newspaper added.

Mr Zhang was bitten first on his right leg, and then on his left.

Newspaper photographs showed him lying on a hospital bed with blood-soaked bandages over his legs.

"I bit the panda on its back but its fur was too thick," Mr Zhang recalled.

He went on: "No one ever said they would bite people. I just wanted to touch it."

Zoo spokeswoman Ye Mingxia said the panda was unharmed and they were not considering punishing Mr Zhang yet.

"He's suffered quite a bit of a shock," she told the Associated Press by telephone.

from BBC NEWS


Some people...........
 
Wow that is plain old stupid, even after four beers.
He wanted to hug it?
Nutter. :shock: :D
 
dodgyessexbird said:
Zhang Xinyan, 35, had drunk four draught beers before deciding to enter the Beijing Zoo pen belonging to six-year-old male panda Gu Gu.
It'd take me more than four beers before deciding to bite a bear.
 
"The "trick" is to put a fertile and attractive female into a breeding pen, where she leaves scratchmarks and droppings capable of exciting a male. But at the last moment the females are swapped. The zookeepers introduce a new, less popular, mate who has been scented with the urine of the more attractive animals. She is introduced into the mating pen rear end first, so the male cannot see the face of his partner until after they have finished copulating. "When the males find out, they get very angry and start fighting the female," Zhang says. "We have had to use firecrackers and a water hose to separate them.""

Wakes, yawns, rubs black eyes, blames beer-goggles, examines foil container for remains of bamboo-shoots, settles for chocolate raisins all over the pillow, scratches arse, curses yobs with fireworks, turns over to avoid wet patch, hibernates. :(
 
Your right, I now stand a chance of finding a male.

All I need is a popular woman to cadge urine off.
 
Freed Chinese Panda Dies In Wild

Freed Chinese panda dies in wild

The first Chinese panda released into the wild after being bred in captivity has died, Chinese media has announced.


Xiang Xiang was released in April 2006 from the Wolong Giant Panda Research Centre and was said to be adjusting well to his new life.

But the five-year-old was found dead in February. Officials said his death was likely due to a fight with wild pandas.

Xiang Xiang's death is a set back for China's efforts to increase the number of giant pandas in the wild.

Giant pandas are one of the world's most endangered species. Only about 1,600 remain in the wild, with another 200 living in captivity.

Before his release, Xiang Xiang spent three years in a special training compound at the research centre in Sichuan province to prepare him for a natural habitat.

Last year, experts there said he appeared to be integrating into the area's wild panda population.

But he was briefly taken back to the centre in December for treatment after a fight with other pandas.

"We chose Xiang Xiang because we thought that a strong male panda would have a better chance of surviving in the harsh natural environment," Xinhua news agency quoted the reserve's deputy director Li Desheng as saying.

"But the other male pandas clearly saw Xiang Xiang as a threat."

Officials suggested that Xiang Xiang, whose injuries included broken ribs, had fallen from a high place after a fight with other pandas over food or territory.

Zhang Hemin, head of the centre, said that they would continue to release pandas into the wild.

"We are all sad about Xiang Xiang, but it doesn't mean the project has failed," he said.

"The lessons we have learnt from what happened to Xiang Xiang will help us adapt and improve the project."

The delay in reporting Xiang Xiang's death was because of the need for a full investigation, Xinhua quoted officials as saying.

Story from BBC NEWS:
Published: 2007/05/31 11:11:20 GMT
© BBC MMVII
 
Well the Pandas been around for a long time. Bet it was their idea to build The Great Wall Of China.

Oldest Panda Skull Discovered
By Constance Holden
ScienceNOW Daily News
18 June 2007

With its cuddly physique and black saucer eyes, the panda may be the most famous exotic animal in the world. But surprisingly little is known about the creature's evolutionary history. That may change, thanks to the discovery of the oldest panda skull yet found. Among other insights, the 2-million-year-old fossil indicates that pandas have been tucking into bamboo for a very long time.
Pandas have proven a problematic creature to pigeonhole. In the early 20th century, biologists surmised that pandas were members of a herbivorous raccoonlike species called procyonids. But in the 1950s, anatomical studies indicated that pandas were instead a type of bear--a finding that was confirmed 2 decades later with genetic data. Still, there has been virtually no record of how pandas evolved over 6 million years from a carnivorous Miocene ursid to the modern panda's precursor, the 1 million-year-old Ailuropoda baconi.

The new skull helps fill this evolutionary hole. It was discovered 6 years ago in a limestone cave in southern China by two paleontologists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Beijing. The teeth and the shape of its bones indicate that the owner was a precursor of the modern giant panda, says anthropologist Russell Ciochon of the University of Iowa, Iowa City, a co-author of the new study. In particular, the thick-enameled teeth, short canines, and molars with multiple cusps for grinding tough fibers, suggest that the unique vegetarian diet of today's pandas was adopted more than two million years ago.

The all-bamboo diet enabled the bears to rapidly expand in size. The fossil skull belonged to a creature measuring less than a meter, says Ciochon, whereas today's pandas are closer to 1.5 meters. "Once you make the shift to vegetarianism and become very specialized, then you get bigger."

The skull "fills an important evolutionary gap," says Blaire Van Valkenburgh, a vertebrate paleontologist at the University of California, Los Angeles. "It's a very nice transitional form."

Whether the ancient panda's distinctive black-and-white coloration was the same as today's panda is unknown, says Ciochon. But given the other resemblances, it wouldn't be surprising, he says. Tropical animals, as these were, tend to have strong coloration so they can be seen through the foliage by their own kind. The team reports its findings online this week in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/co ... 2007/618/2
 
Beijing panda bites third tourist

Panda bears are seen as cute but can be vicious

A panda at the Beijing zoo has bitten a tourist for the third time in two years, causing leg injuries.

Gu Gu the panda had to have his jaws forced open to free the man, who had jumped in to retrieve his son's toy.

Gu Gu first bit a man in 2007, when a drunken tourist jumped into his pen and tried to hug him, then bit the panda in the back in retaliation.

Gu Gu later bit a teenager who had let curiosity about the panda's pen put him in harm's way.

The latest incident saw the 110-kg (240-1b) Gu Gu maul the legs of Zhang Jiao.

"The panda bit into the man's right leg, and when he was done with that, he bit the left leg," the Beijing Morning Post reported.

The panda refused to let go until zookeepers pried his jaws open with tools, said a zoo spokeswoman surnamed Gong.

Mr Zhang Jiao of central Anhui province suffered damage to major ligaments and is recovering from surgery.

He may also face criminal charges for entering the panda pen.

Pandas, a national symbol of China, are mythologised as cute and cuddly but can often be violent.

Scientists believe fewer than 2,000 giant pandas live in the wild in China.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7819372.stm
 
Giant panda ‘faked pregnancy for extra treats and nicer accommodation’
Giant panda Ai Hin may have faked her pregnancy for a 'better quality of life'
By Mark Molloy and AFP
4:45PM BST 27 Aug 2014

The planned first ever live-broadcast of a panda giving birth has been cancelled amid claims the expectant mother faked her pregnancy.
Giant panda Ai Hin may have tricked staff at a breeding centre in China to receive more pampering and extra food rations, according to AFP. :shock:

The six-year-old had shown signs of pregnancy last month, according to staff at the Chengdu Breeding Research Centre, in China's southwestern province of Sichuana.
But shortly after being moved to a single room with air conditioning and around-the-clock care her “behaviour and physiological indexes returned to normal”.

Experts believe Ai Hin was enjoying the extra attention and additional treats before staff realised she wasn’t actually pregnant.
"They receive more buns, fruits and bamboo, so some clever pandas have used this to their advantage to improve their quality of life," said Wu Kongju, an employee at the panda base.

Many bears continue to display pregnant behaviour after noticing the difference in treatment they receive, according to state news agency Xinhua.

China’s giant panda population is under threat due to a loss of habitat and their notoriously low reproductive rate.

Lets hope Edinburgh Zoo’s pregnant panda is not pulling the same trick.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstop ... ation.html

If this is true, then there ought to be more research into panda thinking!
So pandas are aware of being pregnant?
That's more than some human teenagers can manage!
:twisted:
 
In this story the pandas really are in the pot.

Ten people have been held in China on suspicion of hunting a panda to sell its fur and meat, Chinese state television says.

Police discovered the panda's skin and 9.75kg (22lb) of meat in a raid in December, CCTV reported. Officers said the panda was shot dead by two brothers in Zhaotong in southern Yunnan province.

Thousands of people responded to the news on the Chinese social media site, Weibo, and condemned the crime. ...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-32718520
 
Really rolling in it.

It was a strange sight: In the winter of 2007, scientists in China spotted a wild giant panda romping about in horse manure, diligently smearing itself with excrement until its fur became a poo-muddled mess. It wasn’t the last time the researchers would spot this strange behavior.

But figuring out why pandas do this would take the team 12 years and a scientific trek through the fields of animal behavior, chemical ecology and neurophysiology. But now, researchers think they have an answer.

Pandas may roll in poop, oddly enough, to feel warm. Researchers identified a chemical present in horse droppings that confers cold resistance to laboratory mice and could inhibit a cold-sensing protein present in giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), they report December 7 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

“I’m a panda expert, and this is one of the strangest panda papers I’ve ever read,” says Bill McShea, a biologist at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Va. “There’s still a lot of work to be done, but these researchers deserve a lot of credit.” ...

https://www.sciencenews.org/article/giant-pandas-roll-horse-poop-warm-chemical
 
It could well be simply to disguise its scent from some annoying prospective mate.
 
Panda porn



I wonder what the names of panda porno are:

"The black and white munchstrels"

"Big bamboo"

"The (once every) seven year bitch"

Emps

More on panda porn.

Because captive pandas tend to show little interest in mating, scientists who are concerned about their waning populations have resorted to unusual measures like pornography and Viagra. In 2006, 31 cubs were born over a ten-month period following the panda pornography experiment.

The method was popularized following reports of an experiment performed by zoologists in Thailand, in which they showed several captive giant pandas at Chiang Mai Zoo a number of videos showing other giant pandas having sex. Though the researchers behind the project state that they believe there have been successful mating due to usage of sex videos for animals, such success so far has not been achieved outside of China, where 31 cubs were born over a ten-month period following commencement of the experiment. Other methods, including the use of Viagra to sexually stimulate pandas, have thus far been unsuccessful.

https://boingboing.net/2021/08/31/porn-thats-by-pandas-and-for-pandas.html
 
This is the sort of thing only the Chinese could come up with.
 
Pandas have been giving the Thumbs Up and eating bamboo for millions of years.

Panda bears eating bamboo are such a mainstay that it’s hard to imagine a time when the cuddly bears may not have been eating the fast-growing grass.

A new study of a fossil belonging to a panda that lived in China’s Yunnan province about 7 million years ago shows how an ancestor to the modern black and white giants had a thumblike finger to help with bamboo eating (seen in illustration). Researchers measured the wrist bones of the panda fossil, from the genus Ailurarctos, and compared it with those of modern giant pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca), The New York Times reports. The thumblike sixth digit in the ancestral pandas, much like modern-day pandas, means the bears were likely eating bamboo approximately 7 million years ago, though previous estimates had put this figure at only about 150,000 years ago, the scientists conclude today in Scientific Reports. The older version of the thumb is longer than the current short and flat ones, which some researchers think evolved in this way to help pandas distribute their weight when walking.

https://www.science.org/content/article/pandas-may-have-had-thumbs-early-7-million-years-ago

 
In case you've wondered what a panda in an MRI scanner looks like ...

Panda-MRI-2209.jpeg
Diplomatic test as Taiwan reaches out to China over sick panda

China's famous "Panda diplomacy" faces a test after a bear in Taiwan came down with a life-threatening brain lesion.

Taipei Zoo told CNN they had requested help from experts in China to treat their giant panda, Tuan Tuan, after an MRI scan revealed the damage.

They are hoping for support in treating Tuan Tuan after he began behaving abnormally, lost his appetite and suffered a three-minute seizure in late August. ...

But the request raises the possibility of a delicate diplomatic balancing act, given relations between China and Taiwan have taken a nosedive ...

Tuan Tuan and his partner Yuan Yuan were gifted to Taiwan by China in 2008 as a goodwill gift from Beijing - as part of its longstanding practice known as "panda diplomacy". ...
FULL STORY: https://www.9news.com.au/world/taiw...ck-panda/3b7888ab-521e-4b32-abc7-dcd6dd3da9e7
 
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