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Infrared cameras record pandas during mating season
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Program Code: 0909346150305006 | Source: CNTV
LOVE is not a black and white issue unless you're a panda of course. It's that time of year again in China's Sichaun province, as wild pandas go on the look about for a potential mate.
Can you hazard a guess at what their first sign of affection is? Infra-red cameras in a panda reserve have captured just that and for some, it's love at first smell.
In the midst of a forest in China's Sichaun province, the mating season for wild pandas has begun.
Footage shows a panda attracted by the smell of a tree trunk in China's Wanglang State Nature Reserve. The natural reserve's staff later found panda's hair on the tree, which also smelled heavily of panda urine and secretions from the panda's behind.
If you smell here, you can pick up the odor of panda urine. Here is some hair from the panda's bottom. It left its hair on the tree when rubbing its bottom against the trunk. And this part of the tree looks darker after being urinated on by the panda."
Pandas usually mate between March and May with the females leaving urine or other odors to attract males with their scent. During other times of the year, pandas do the same thing to mark their territory.
Infrared cameras spread across the reserve have picked up some interesting behaviour from the animals, including this panda using its nose to dig a hole in the ice in the hope of finding water.
The Wanglang State national reserve is located in Mianyang City in Pingwu County in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The reserve is celebrating success after a recent survey showed that the number of pandas in the park has increased to over 30. Staff at the reserve are also hoping to welcome new additions soon, with baby pandas expected to come in summer and autumn.
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