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Stuck at home with no visitors and not much else to do, a pair of pandas in Hong Kong finally decided to give mating a go after a decade of dodging the issue

Like half the planet, Ying Ying and Le Le have only really had each other for company since coronavirus-caused lockdowns shut off the flow of guests to their themepark pad. And like couples everywhere, they’ve been making the best of the time on their own.

“Such behaviours are consistent with those common during breeding season, which occurs once every year between March to May,” it added. The announcement was a rare bit of good news as Hong Kong reels under a recession and movement restrictions caused by the coronavirus.

 

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