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When you think of the WWF what is the first thing that
comes to mind? After Hulk Hogan, maybe the Panda -
the universal symbol for the conservation of wildlife. The
Chengdu Giant Panda Research Base in the Sichuan
Province of China is one of the most important centres in
the world for the captive conservation of these loveable animals.
Located six miles outside of Chengdu on the hill of Futou,
the Research Centre holds the immediate goal of trying to
increase the captive population of the Giant Panda and ultimately
teaching them the skills needed for release back into the
wild.
Panda Porn
Currently 56 pandas live at the centre and dozens more have
been born in the last year alone even though the Panda has
an infamously low libido. Just like you had to go through
sexual education when growing up, the Pandas are in need of
a little direction in the area of copulation in order to improve
their reproductive performance. Pandas learn how to reproduce
in the wild from watching their parents or other bears in
the group fight for female attention and then mate. Now that
they have been taken into captivity, these opportunities seldom
exist and they become stressed out and get stage fright within
their limited surroundings. And you thought you had it bad
in High School. Instructional videos or 'panda porn' are now
the key to arousing both the males and females and teaching
them the tricks of the trade!
Panda City
The Research Centre has evolved into China Panda City
that now encompasses the museum as well as the Chengdu
Zoo. The museum houses over 100 scientific animal books
to be used for educational purposes sitting alongside thousands
of animal photographs and preserved specimens of mammals,
birds, insects and reptiles. Since 1987, $3.6 Million US has
been donated to the city and 600 acres of land have been planted
with bamboo and shrubs to provide the pandas with natural
food and living environments.
85% of the world's pandas live in Sichuan province with only
an estimated 1000 in the entire world. Although great work
is being done on panda reproduction, much work remains to
be done on preserving the natural habitat of the pandas in
the wild and improving the co-existence possibilities of these
animals with humans.
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