Chinese pandas mate
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2020 9:35 amTwo pandas in a Chinese zoo have successfully mated, despite being way beyond the age of sexual maturity. This brilliant news has given both animal conservationists and 2dimes/Dukasaur/notyou2 a renewed sense of hope for the future.
Two giant pandas at Hong Kong’s Ocean Park have moved a step closer to breeding, after successfully mating for the first time on Monday.
After repeated failures and a miscarriage in the past 10 years, Ying Ying and Le Le made the attempt during the ongoing mating season, between March and May, the park said.
The behaviour of the two 14-year-olds is seen as a breakthrough, as male and female giant pandas become sexually mature at the age of seven and five years respectively.
Signs of pregnancy, if any, are expected to be observed at the earliest in late June.