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Pandas

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China has started construction on a research centre to help captive pandas adapt to the wild with a view to releasing them into nature, state media reported. The centre is being built in a mountainous area of the southwestern province of Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency said, where an 8.0-magnitude earthquake left more than 87,000 people dead and missing in May 2008. It is expected to be completed within three to five years, at a cost 60 million yuan (8.8 million dollars), the report said. "Currently, there are about 300 captive giant pandas and it's time for us to think about putting them ... Read Full Story
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BEIJING (AFP) -- China has started construction on a research centre to help captive pandas adapt to the wild with a view to releasing them into nature, state media reported. The centre is being built in a mountainous area of the southwestern province of Sichuan, the official Xinhua news agency said, where an 8.0-magnitude earthquake left more than 87,000 people dead and missing in May 2008. It is expected to be completed within three to five years, at a cost 60 million yuan (8.8 million dollars), the report said. "Currently, there are about 300 captive giant pandas and it's time for us to think ... Read Full Story
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Nothing like a little time apart to rekindle the affections that could lead to a baby panda. So says a panda expert sent by China to Taiwan to advise on how to encourage mating by the pair given by Beijing last December to mark the two sides' growing friendship. After inspecting the pandas at the Taipei Zoo on Sunday, Chinese panda expert Zhang Hemin suggested a separation of a month or two might boost the feeling of attraction needed to reproduce. "They may have more interest toward each other after a brief separation," said Zhang, a researcher at the Wolong Natural Reserve in western ... Read Full Story
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A Chinese panda expert has vowed to lend Taiwan a helping hand after two members of the low-libido species spent nearly a year at Taipei Zoo showing no inclination to breed, local media said Wednesday. Zhang Hemin, director of the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Research Centre in southwest China, will offer advice on how to arouse the sexual instincts of the couple, a gift from China, the Taipei Times reported. The report did not elaborate, but past techniques to get the endangered species to breed have included panda viagra, panda porn and pelvic-thrust exercises. When the two pandas, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan, arrived ... Read Full Story
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China's wild panda population has remained stable despite last year's Sichuan earthquake that damaged key areas of the endangered species' habitat, state press said Saturday. A recent survey in Sichuan province concluded that the deadly May 12 tremor did not lead to significant fatalities in the panda population, the Chengdu Evening News said. "The panda has a strong capacity to adapt, we have not found any cases of pandas dying because of the earthquake," the paper quoted Yang Xuyu, an expert involved with the survey, as saying. The 8.0-magnitude earthquake was the strongest to hit China in decades and left more than 87,000 people ... Read Full Story
Who's better at the physical comedy, Penguins or Pandas? Posted on: November 15, 2009 12:18 PM, by Greg Laden. Penguins: Pandas: Share this: Facebook Twitter Stumbleupon Reddit Email + More. TrackBacks. TrackBack URL for this entry: ...  
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HERE is the first glimpse of the pair of fuzzy darlings that are headed our way in the second half of 2011. The two-year-old male and one-year-old female giant pandas are currently in China's panda reserve in Wolong in Sichuan province. They each ...  
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SINGAPORE: China Wildlife Conservation Association has released the photos of the two giant pandas which will make their way to Singapore in 2011 under a research loan from the Chinese government.  
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SINGAPORE (AP): China plans to send a pair of giant pandas to Singapore to mark 20 years of relations and promote conservation of the highly endangered animal. Chinese President Hu Jintao offered the ...  
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Singapore, Nov 13 - Beijing and Singapore have signed four cooperation pacts, including procurement of two pandas from China, to mark the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries next year, a media report ...  
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SINGAPORE, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- China and Singapore signed four documents on new cooperative projects here Thursday morning, including China's sending two pandas to Singapore. The joint panda study agreement was signed by heads of wildlife ...  
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Beijing, Nov 12 (IANS) A rare brown baby giant panda has been discovered by researchers in northwest China. The two-month old baby has brown fur where usual pandas sport black. The cub still hasn’t opened its eyes nor walked, said experts with Foping Giant Panda Reserve in Shaanxi province. The baby’s mother has normal colour, [...]  
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Okay, we know we''ve talked about pandas already today, but it's only because we can't get enough of them, and we think that's true for most people in China. But apparently, if you're a panda, you could use some time off, especially if people are constantly expecting you to mate. Researchers at the Wolong Panda Reserve in Sichuan are going to try and separate Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan for a month to see if absence really does make the heart grow...  
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MiamiHerald.comPanda Sex – Absence Makes The Heart Grow Fonder2point6billion10 – The Giant Panda, notorious for a low sex drive and fertility rates, may be encouraged towards more amorous behavior if seperated from the opposite sex, ...Separate pandas to stir sex life: expertSydney Morning Heraldall 164 news articles »  
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When Chinese Vice-Premier Li Keqiang announced upon his arrival in Australia on Thursday that China would send a pair of world-famed giant pandas to Australia, it was a pleasant surprise to ordinary Australians and aroused amazement across the nation ...  
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