Vets Give Panda Crash Course in Sex Ed...

[Dookus]

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/science/03/16/china.pandas.ap/index.html


BEIJING, China (AP) -- Chinese veterinarians have begun showing American-born panda Hua Mei sex-education videos featuring pandas mating to prepare her for "blind dates" with Chinese suitors, the official Xinhua News Agency reported Tuesday.

The 4-year-old animal, whose name means "China-America," arrived in China from San Diego in February. Now that her month of quarantine is complete, officials are hoping she will quickly mate with a panda at her new home, the Wolong Giant Panda Protection Research Center in southwestern China.

"We hope she can get pregnant by the end of March. But first of all, she should have some sexual education," said Wei Rongping, assistant director of the research center, quoted by Xinhua.

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How does a species evolve that doesn't seem to understand sex? Why are there pandas? Why are there Baptists? Life is a meeestery...

[Dookus]

1. kick

sigh, it's a sad day when you can't even get a panda sex thread going in the lounge.

[matcom]

3. that because i posted this this morning

:)

[Dookus]

4. DAMN YOU MATCOM!!!!!

stealing my panda sex thunder!

[matcom]

5. do YOU really think *I* would have passed up on THAT story?

:D

[Dookus]

7. true...

i guess I figured maybe you were passed out or something and missed it.

Ya gotta get up pretty early in the morning to beat Matcom....

[matcom]

8. before 5 am EST to be exact

well, 6 am would work as i have to shower and spit first :)

[Nikia]

2. Some behaviors are instinct, Some are learned

I think for most animals, sex is instinctual, but I am not rally positive about that. I am not sure if I would have known how to have sex if no one had ever told me anything about it or if I had never seen it. I have heard stories about couples from countries like Saudi Arabia or Afganistan that have that problembut I don't know if they are true.

[mopinko]

6. not all birds know how to do it

song lyrics aside. i raise budgies, and i can tell you that a lot of birds do not have a clue if they have never been around other pairs of birds before. in fact, birds that were hand fed as babies make ROTTEN parents, and frequently have no clue where to start.