A Thai zoo, which has hosted a couple of pandas
for four years, will play "porn" videos for the male next month to
encourage them to breed in captivity, the project manager said on
Saturday.
The pair -- living chastely together at the zoo in the
northern city of Chiang Mai since arriving from China in 2003 -- would be
separated in December, but stay close enough for occasional glimpses of
each other, said panda project chief Prasertsak Buntrakoonpoontawee.
"They don't know how to mate so we need to show the male how, through
videos," Prasertsak said.
He said Chuang Chuang, the six-year-old male, would be shown the videos
on a large screen when he might be feeling amorous.
"We'll play the video at the most comfortable and intimate time for
him, perhaps after dinner," Prasertsak said, hoping Chuang Chuang would
then use the techniques on Lin Hui, a five-year-old female.
The zoo is hosting a four-day international panda conference that
starts on Monday, drawing 200 wildlife and panda specialists from around
the world.
