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11-24-2006, 08:07 PM
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Pandas & Porn?
By Mitch Marconi
Nov 24, 2006
Pandas watching porn to procreate? "It works," enthuses Zhang Zhihe, a leading Chinese expert, about showing uninitiated males footage of fellow pandas mating.
Reports out of China are detailing that China's giant pandas are responding well to panda porn reports the National Ledger. Scientists are reportedly using DVD's of fellow pandas mating to get the endangered species to mate.
'The Associated Press reports that scientists say they have unleashed a baby boom using porn as part of the technique. The audio-visual approach "is the same idea as chimpanzees seeing people smoke and then copying it," says the Thai researcher.
Zhang, director of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, attributes this year's record high births not to any single breakthrough but to an accumulation of research on panda biology, nutrition and genetics while "trying to imitate nature better."
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The result, by his count:
In the first 10 months of this year 31 cubs were born in captivity in China, of which 28 survived. That's up from 12 births in 2005 and just nine in 2000. Of this year's births, 14 came through natural breeding, while artificial insemination or a combination of the two produced the rest.
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Opinions differ on the visuals, but Zhang and Prasertsak agree on the sound track.
"It's the sounds of breeding that stimulate them," Zhang said. "Pandas are just like human beings. They understand everything."'
Like TNL's Jim Roberts says, if it's working - it's hard to knock it.
Pandas & Porn?
By Mitch Marconi
Nov 24, 2006
Pandas watching porn to procreate? "It works," enthuses Zhang Zhihe, a leading Chinese expert, about showing uninitiated males footage of fellow pandas mating.
Reports out of China are detailing that China's giant pandas are responding well to panda porn reports the National Ledger. Scientists are reportedly using DVD's of fellow pandas mating to get the endangered species to mate.
'The Associated Press reports that scientists say they have unleashed a baby boom using porn as part of the technique. The audio-visual approach "is the same idea as chimpanzees seeing people smoke and then copying it," says the Thai researcher.
Zhang, director of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, attributes this year's record high births not to any single breakthrough but to an accumulation of research on panda biology, nutrition and genetics while "trying to imitate nature better."
***
The result, by his count:
In the first 10 months of this year 31 cubs were born in captivity in China, of which 28 survived. That's up from 12 births in 2005 and just nine in 2000. Of this year's births, 14 came through natural breeding, while artificial insemination or a combination of the two produced the rest.
***
Opinions differ on the visuals, but Zhang and Prasertsak agree on the sound track.
"It's the sounds of breeding that stimulate them," Zhang said. "Pandas are just like human beings. They understand everything."'
Like TNL's Jim Roberts says, if it's working - it's hard to knock it.