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/ 25 March 2008

China’s pandas in rigorous ‘sexercise’ programme

China’s notoriously sex-shy pandas are being put through a rigorous "sexercise" programme in a new effort to encourage them to mate, state media reported on Tuesday. The Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Centre in the province of Sichuan is making male pandas walk on their two legs to strengthen their pelvic and hip muscles, to better prepare them for sex.