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US pandas get some help with lovemaking
(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-01-12 08:47
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Two pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, DC, attempted to mate before zoo officials determined they had not been successful and artificially inseminated the female, Mei Xiang.
Zoo officials say timing is critical in panda mating because there is only about one day a year in which conception can occur.
Mei Xiang was also artificially inseminated last year, but she did not give birth.
Mei Xiang and Tian Tian have produced one cub, Tai Shan, who was born in 2005 following artificial insemination.
AP-Reuters
