Giant panda ‘extinct in three generations’
CHINA'S giant panda could be extinct in just two to three generations as rapid economic development is infringes on its way of life, according to state media.
(NOTE.. About fucking time. I say just drive them in to the sea. PANDA CANT FUCK CANT FIGHT) Ru-486
The problem is that the pandas' habitat is being split up into ever smaller patches, preventing the animals from roaming freely for mating partners and in turn endangering their gene pool, the Global Times claimed today.
"If the panda cannot mate with those from other habitats, it may face extinction within two to three generations," Fan Zhiyong, Beijing-based species program director for WWF said.
"We have to act now."
The risk of inbreeding is increasing, threatening to reduce the panda's resistance to diseases and lowering its ability to reproduce, the paper said.
Fan said that highways posed major restrictions on the panda's free movement.
"We may have to give up building some infrastructure," Fan said.
"I don't know the solution to this problem."
There are about 1590 pandas living in the wild around China, mostly in southwestern Sichuan, northern Shaanxi and northwestern Gansu provinces.
A total of 180 have been bred in captivity, according to earlier reports.
In addition to environmental constraints, the animals' notoriously low libidos have frustrated efforts to boost their numbers.
Breeders have resorted to tactics such as showing them "panda porn" videos of other pandas mating, and putting males through "sexercises" aimed at training up their pelvic and leg muscles for the rigours of copulation.
August 17th, 2009 - 17:07
Look, they just don’t want to continue. No mater how much Viagra you give them, they just don’t want to bring more children into this world.
Respect their decision.
August 19th, 2009 - 14:14
Evolution at work. Let them die off.