This time real sex ... not gender. The Pandas at the San Diego Zoo mated today! A is baby expected this summer if all goes as planned. From the LA Times:
Stop the presses! Alert the bloggers! The two adult giant pandas at the San Diego Zoo mated Tuesday, zoo officials announced, raising hopes of an offspring this summer.
So far, Bai Yun and Gao Gao are two for two during their stay at the zoo under a loan from the Chinese government.
The pair mated in 2003 and the male Mei Sheng was born that August. They mated again in 2005 and female Su Lin was born that August.
In San Diego, where zoo animals are celebrities, the sex life of the pandas is followed closely by media and public. Female pandas are in season only two to three days a year, and not at all during years when they have young cubs.
I doubt the times was referring to this humble blog, but since Matt Yglesias, Panda blogger extraordinaire, is in vacation mode, we'll pick up the slack.
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