Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong announced in a celebratory press release that its giant pandas, Le Le and Ying Ying, “succeeded in natural mating at around 9am this morning” for the first time ever
Le Le and Ying Ying. Photo: Courtesy of Ocean Park After living together for more than a decade, a big, beautiful panda finally let her lucky male panda friend hit it from the back.
This important update comes from Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong, which announced in a celebratory press release that its giant pandas, Le Le and Ying Ying, “succeeded in natural mating at around 9am this morning” for the first time ever.
Those well read on the subject of panda sex will understand just how noteworthy this coitus is. Pandas are notoriously bad at mating, largely because male pandas — like their human counterparts, some might say — are inept at reading females’ signals. “Male giant pandas are bad at working out when a female is likely to welcome their advances, and bad at knowing what to do next if they do happen to stumble upon a willing mate,” reads a Guardian article on the subject.
Another reason why the zoo is so excited: Pandas are a vulnerable species, and, as noted by Boos, “the chance of pregnancy via natural mating is higher than by artificial insemination.” So, what inspired the pandas to finally get it on in the empty zoo? Ocean Park offered a few voyeuristic details about how they seduced each other: “Since late March, Ying Ying began spending more time playing in the water, while Le Le has been leaving scent-markings around his habitat and searching the area for Ying Ying’s scent.
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