Pandas prep for mating season



Experts say that the giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are likely to meet for the breeding season in the coming days. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has announced that female panda Tian Tian could possibly be in her 36 hour fertile window, and hopes are high the two pandas at the Edinburgh Zoo will successfully mate.

Yang Guang, a male giant panda, sits surrounded by bamboo in his enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland April 16, 2013. Experts at the zoo believe the 36-hour breeding window for Yang Guang and female giant panda Tian Tian may have started. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)




EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - APRIL 10: Yang Guang, the male Panda at Edinburgh Zoo, eats bamboo inside his enclosure on April 10, 2013 in Glasgow, Scotland. Zoo experts can now say that the giant pandas Tian Tian and Yang Guang are likely to meet for the breeding season imminently. The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland has announced that scientific testing has identified that female panda Tian Tian could possibly now be as little as 10 days away from her 36 hour fertile window. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)






Tian Tian, a female giant panda, walks along snow covered tree branches in her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland March 11, 2013. Staff at the zoo hope Tian Tian and male giant panda Yang Guang will mate during a very limited breeding season. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY POLITICS)


Yang Guang, a male giant panda, stands up as he looks into the enclosure of female giant panda Tian Tian, at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland. Experts at the zoo said that Yang Guang recently began doing handstands in his enclosure against walls, rocks and trees, and scent-marking as high up as possible; which is a display of virility in the wild. Tian Tian has started calling out to the male, which is common during the mating season.


Yang Guang, a male giant panda, peers through branches of bamboo in his enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Scotland February 20, 2013. Experts at the zoo said that Yang Guang recently began doing handstands in his enclosure against walls, rocks and trees, and scent-marking as high up as possible; which is a display of virility in the wild. Female giant panda Tian Tian has started calling out to the male, which is common during the mating season. REUTERS/David Moir (BRITAIN - Tags: ANIMALS SOCIETY)


EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 16: Eve Miller, one of the first members of the public to view Tian Tian the female panda bear at Edinburgh Zoo on December 16, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eight-year-old pair of giant pandas arrived on a specially chartered flight from China over a week ago and are the first to live in the UK for 17 years. Edinburgh zoo are hopeful that the pandas will give birth to cubs during their 10 year stay in Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images) 


EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 16: Memebers of the public view Tian Tian the female panda bear at Edinburgh Zoo on December 16, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eight-year-old pair of giant pandas arrived on a specially chartered flight from China over a week ago and are the first to live in the UK for 17 years. Edinburgh zoo are hopeful that the pandas will give birth to cubs during their 10 year stay in Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)


EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 12: Male panda Yang Guang makes his first appearance in front of the media since arriving from China on December 12, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eight-year-old pair of giant pandas arrived on a specially chartered flight from China over a week ago and are the first to live in the UK for 17 years. Edinburgh zoo are hopeful that the pandas will give birth to cubs during their 10 year stay in Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)


Giant panda named Tian Tian, explores her enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Two 8-year-old giant pandas from China landed Sunday Dec. 4, 2011 in Scotland, where they will become the first to live in Britain in nearly two decades. The pandas, from the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, are to stay for 10 years at Edinburgh Zoo, where officials hope they will give birth to cubs. The loan marked the beginning of a U.K.-China research program on the animals, and both sides have described it as a signal of a growing friendship between Scotland and China. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)


EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND - DECEMBER 16: Tian Tian the female panda bear looks out from her enclosure as members of the public view her for the first time at Edinburgh Zoo on December 16, 2011 in Edinburgh, Scotland. The eight-year-old pair of giant pandas arrived on a specially chartered flight from China over a week ago and are the first to live in the UK for 17 years. Edinburgh zoo are hopeful that the pandas will give birth to cubs during their 10 year stay in Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)


Giant panda named Yang Guang explores his enclosure at Edinburgh Zoo in Edinburgh, Scotland Monday, Dec. 12, 2011. Two 8-year-old giant pandas from China landed Sunday Dec. 4, 2011 in Scotland, where they will become the first to live in Britain in nearly two decades. The pandas, from the southwestern Chinese province of Sichuan, are to stay for 10 years at Edinburgh Zoo, where officials hope they will give birth to cubs. The loan marked the beginning of a U.K.-China research program on the animals, and both sides have described it as a signal of a growing friendship between Scotland and China. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell) 


In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, giant panda Yang Guang eats bamboo prior to a journey to Britain in Ya'an, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Saturday, Dec. 3, 2011. As part of a ten-year joint research program, Tian Tian and Yang Guang, the pair of giant pandas, were set off for the Edinburgh Zoo from the Giant Panda Conservation and Research Center in Sichuan here on Saturday, Xinhua said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Li Qiaoqiao)


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