The breeding enthusiasts are blunt about the pandas' sex life. A notice in the Chengdu panda museum spells it out: "The male panda's penis is so short, and the female's vagina is so long relatively, that the insemination rate is low."
Perhaps not surprisingly, male pandas are poor performers away from nature. If they do manage to mate, it will be under close scrutiny. No one denies that captive populations are needed for research and to maintain public support for conservation. But the critics say that the current emphasis on breeding and reintroduction ignores some awkward facts
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