Thailand Puts Panda On Low-carb Sex Diet

[george]

Thailand puts panda on low-carb sex diet

CHIANG MAI: -- A male panda in Thailand has been put on a low-carb diet because he is too heavy to mate with his partner, his caretakers said Sunday.

Chuang Chuang weighs 150 kilos (330 pounds), while his partner Lin Hui is a lithe 115 kilos (253 pounds), said Kannika Nimtragol, a veterinarian at the Chiang Mai zoo in northern Thailand.

"We think Chuang Chuang should not weigh over 140 kilogrammes. Otherwise Lin Hui will carry too much weight while mating," she told AFP.

To help Chuang Chuang slim down, zookeepers are feeding him fewer bread loaves and more bamboo branches to cut back on the amount of carbohydrate he consumes, she added.

The diet program is under the careful supervision of Chinese panda experts. Six-year-old Chuang Chuang and his five-year-old partner Lin Hui arrived at the zoo in 2003 on a 10-year loan from China.

Giant pandas, notorious for their low sex drive, are among the world's most endangered animals.

Cutting out carbs is only the latest tactic used by the zoo in the hope of giving Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui a more loving feeling.

The two have been separated since December, in the hope absence will make their hearts grow fonder, Kannika said.

A plan to show them "panda porn" videos to coach them in mating techniques has been put on hold after research indicated that not all pandas learn from such videos.

Chiang Mai held an elaborate, traditional Chinese wedding for the couple in 2005 in the hope of encouraging them to procreate, and is considering bringing in a snow machine to help recreate a mountainous habitat.

But with the annual panda mating season due to begin within weeks, the zoo is preparing to try artificial insemination if the natural method does not work, Kannika said.

--AFP 2007-01-14

[Gumballl]

Thailand puts panda on low-carb sex diet

CHIANG MAI: -- A male panda in Thailand has been put on a low-carb diet because he is too heavy to mate with his partner, his caretakers said Sunday.

Chuang Chuang weighs 150 kilos (330 pounds), while his partner Lin Hui is a lithe 115 kilos (253 pounds), said Kannika Nimtragol, a veterinarian at the Chiang Mai zoo in northern Thailand.

"We think Chuang Chuang should not weigh over 140 kilogrammes. Otherwise Lin Hui will carry too much weight while mating," she told AFP.

To help Chuang Chuang slim down, zookeepers are feeding him fewer bread loaves and more bamboo branches to cut back on the amount of carbohydrate he consumes, she added.

The diet program is under the careful supervision of Chinese panda experts. Six-year-old Chuang Chuang and his five-year-old partner Lin Hui arrived at the zoo in 2003 on a 10-year loan from China.

Giant pandas, notorious for their low sex drive, are among the world's most endangered animals.

Cutting out carbs is only the latest tactic used by the zoo in the hope of giving Chuang Chuang and Lin Hui a more loving feeling.

The two have been separated since December, in the hope absence will make their hearts grow fonder, Kannika said.

A plan to show them "panda porn" videos to coach them in mating techniques has been put on hold after research indicated that not all pandas learn from such videos.

Chiang Mai held an elaborate, traditional Chinese wedding for the couple in 2005 in the hope of encouraging them to procreate, and is considering bringing in a snow machine to help recreate a mountainous habitat.

But with the annual panda mating season due to begin within weeks, the zoo is preparing to try artificial insemination if the natural method does not work, Kannika said.

--AFP 2007-01-14

LOS should require all farang tourist to go on the same diet before being allowed to enter LOS.

[Briggsy]

I went to go and see the pandas 2 or 3 years ago and was quite surprised to see the keeper flipping Oreos or some similar cookie into the enclosure for the pandas to eat.

[Berty]

I went there to see the pandas a couple of months ago, dreadful state these poor beasts are being kept in.

[kurgen]

Maybe they should try some Panda porn

panda porn

Edited January 15, 2007 by kurgen

[Ricardo]

Perhaps the female panda might be sent on a short-course, to learn the art of traditional Thai 'body-massage', this always used to 'do the trick' for me ?!

[wpcoe]

I've been on low-carb diets a few times (months at a time) and never noticed a boost in the libido.

(mods, if the following is not appropriate for/allowed in this forum, please delete from here down!)

Regarding porn and pandas, there's an old joke something like this:

A male panda in a China zoo was showing no sexual interest in the nearby in-heat female panda. Zookeepers tried everything they could think of. Then they decided to show some Chinese porn movies. After a few viewings, they noticed some stirrings and yes, the male did indeed mount the female. Just at the point of orgasm however, he withdrew and ejaculated on the female's chest. (Just like he saw in the movies.)