'Porn' films fail to teach panda to mate at Thai zoo

2007/4/3

By Panumet Tanraksa CHIANG MAI, Thailand, Reuters

Original Article on China Post

Thai zoo keepers artificially inseminated a female panda on Monday after her male partner failed to perform despite video "panda porn" aimed at teaching him how to impregnate her, officials said.

Chuang Chuang, the male at Chiang Mai Zoo, 700 km (435 miles) north of Bangkok, would rather play than mate and Lin Hui had to be inseminated artificially because her annual three-day fertile period was due to end on Tuesday.

"We let them stay together last night, but Chuang Chuang was having fun teasing his partner while Lin Hui was sexually ready," Sophon Dumnui, head of the state body which supervises the zoo, told reporters.

"Although we have shown him the how-to-mate video several times, Chuang Chuang is probably a little bit too young to mate. His sex organ is too small and short," Sophon said.

He is six and experts say the male pandas are usually ready to mate at seven, he said.

Ever since the pair was "married" in a Chinese ceremony two years ago, Chuang Chuang's sex life has become a matter of public concern.

Zookeepers have put him on a diet to avoid crushing his partner and have made him watch other pandas mating to get him in the mood.

The pair, on loan from China and a major draw at the zoo, have shown little inclination to consummate their union despite being kept in separate enclosures since December in hopes it would make them lust after each other.

China used the video technique with its pandas, which are notoriously difficult to breed in captivity, and succeeded in producing a cub.

Panda experts will inseminate Lin Hui again on Tuesday and freeze the last portion of Chuang Chuang's semen for future use, panda project chief Prasertsak Boontragulpoontawee said.

"Three months from now, we will know if the conception is successful," Prasertsak said.

I wonder if the reason they don't mate is that so many people are watching them and it makes them uncomfortable. We went to the zoo not long after they arrived. Every time one scratched its arse the murmers of appreciation turned very noisy. Maybe the man is too embarassed to get his small penis out in front of everyone

I wonder if the reason they don't mate is that so many people are watching them and it makes them uncomfortable. We went to the zoo not long after they arrived. Every time one scratched its arse the murmers of appreciation turned very noisy. Maybe the man is too embarassed to get his small penis out in front of everyone

It never stops me.

I wonder if the reason they don't mate is that so many people are watching them and it makes them uncomfortable. We went to the zoo not long after they arrived. Every time one scratched its arse the murmers of appreciation turned very noisy. Maybe the man is too embarassed to get his small penis out in front of everyone

It never stops me.

Thanks for sharing that.

If ever there was an animal slated for extinction, then the Giant Panda is it. It only eats bamboo shoots, and needs about 15 square hectares of this just to gain enough nutrition for breakfast... No sex-drive, and it also happens to live amongst the Chinese, who aren't shy in killing stuff to eat, use for medicines / promote sexual drive, etc.

The Panda's aren't reproducing in Chiang Mai though, probably because they may be worried about all the smoke and smog? A bit like trying to shag whilst suspecting you've left the chip pan on....

I always thought pornos are illegal in Thailand and there is a crackdown on it.

Is there any law telling that this is just for human pornos but not for Panda pornos?

Pssssssst: Coming soon! Sexy show - panda pornos at Pantip Plaza (Bangkok) and Beach Road (Pattaya). You want VCD or DVD???

Peter