Panda porn (photos)

Once the female has chosen her partner he is brought into the cage with her, but often they just do not know what to do, so to teach them they are shown videos of pandas mating — panda porn.

Panda porn and speed dating key to species’ survival

Pandas are notoriously poor at breeding, and experts at the Sichuan Giant Panda Research Centre in have experimented with installing huge TV screens showing pictures of ‘panda porn’ to encourage the creatures to procreate.

Panda porn was popularised following reports of an experiment performed by zoologists in Thailand, when they showed some to several giant pandas at Chiang Mai Zoo.

Panda pornography (or panda porn) refers generally to movies depicting mating pandas, intended to promote in captive . Under conditions, the animals have, in general, proven unenthusiastic about , placing their species in danger of . However, in their natural habitat in the wild, pandas are much more successful at mating, particularly as individuals are able to select for behavioural compatibility, as opposed to researchers choosing couples for genetic diversity purposes and trying to predict the narrow window when the females are in the mood.