英文版新闻原文
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/edinburgh-zoo-panda-listens-smooth-1732466

谁告诉老英交配成功就能怀孕了？

这也行~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

对音乐不同的人会有不同的反应吧？
大多数人：太美了！
少数人：吵死了！
熊猫和聋子：什么也没发生。

旅英大熊猫“性致”平平 欲求助灵魂乐

人家夫妻俩还没到性致高的时候呢 你们着什么急嘛 欲速则不达你们没听说过吗？！
中新网3月1日电 据外媒报道，中国一对大熊猫情侣“甜甜”和“阳光”已经在去年年底抵达英国，如今大熊猫受孕期临近，而这对熊猫情侣却“性致”平平，让大家倍感头疼，以期用灵魂乐“助性”。
动物园方面表示，为了这对熊猫情侣能够“早生贵子”，工作人员已经尝试过用古典音乐与轻音乐让它们放松身心，然而效果不佳。一年之中雌性熊猫的受孕期仅有大约两天时间，这让动物园又不得不另想办法，进而转向求助于灵魂乐。
最近，动物园想尝试播放已故的著名灵魂乐歌手马文·盖伊的歌曲，而优先曲目则是《Let’s Get It on》。
此外，动物园近期要在两只大熊猫的“住所”内安装网络摄像头，以方便游客观赏。工作人员为了调试摄像头，亲自扮演大熊猫，并模仿其动作。
工作人员表示，要尽可能地去模仿熊猫的动作，让高性能的摄像头能够更好地捕捉到它们的细节。

Relaxing music and a strict training regime: How Edinburgh zoo is preparing to try and get its two giant pandas to mate
Female Tian Tian and male Yang Guang arrived from China in 2011
Previous mating attempts in captivity have proved unsuccessful
Breeding in captivity has a notoriously low success rate
Edinburgh Zoo staff are doing all they can to prepare the pandas
2013-2-24


A flurry of preparations is being made in the hope that Britain’s only two giant pandas will mate.
With the female panda only in season for less than 48 hours and the success rate in captivity notoriously low, the pressure for female Tian Tian and male Yang Guang at Edinburgh Zoo is immense.
Zoo staff and experts, brought in from Berlin, are doing all they can to prepare the pair including playing relaxing music in Yang Guang’s pen and managing a strict diet and training regime for both of them.

Panda preparations: It is hoped that Britain's only two giant pandas - female Tian Tian (left) and male Yang Guang (right) - will mate and preparations are taking place at Edinburgh Zoo in the hope it will be a success
If they succeed, the pandas’ cubs will become the first born in the UK, but it will also be a significant step in the fight to save the endangered species – there are just 1,500 remaining in the wild.
Already both pandas have started to show important changes in their behaviour which are encouraging signs that they are ready to mate soon.
Physical changes suggest that the ideal date for mating will be Easter Sunday.

The nine-year-old pair arrived from China at the Scottish zoo in December 2011 but previous mating attempts have not been successful.
As a contingency plan, experts from Berlin have been brought in to perform artificial insemination on Tian Tian as well as the hoped natural mating.
Iain Valentine, director of giant pandas at Edinburgh Zoo, said of the two methods being used: ‘This follows the best practice methodology adopted by other panda-keeping zoos around the world and gives our giant pandas the best possible chance of success.’
甜嫂说你们太着急啦 偶还没有准备好呢

It is hoped the pandas will bear and rear cubs during their 10-year stay at the zoo.
The success rate of breeding giant pandas in captivity has been notoriously low. Few zoos outside China have managed to achieve results.
Females are in season for such a small window and are also known to be very selective on their mates.
Tian Tian, which means sweetie, and Yang Guang, which means sunshine, have been kept apart for their mating preparations since their unsuccessful attempt last year.
Yang Guang is being trained to stand on his hind quarters to strength his legs in preparation for doing the deed, which lasts just two minutes.
光哥讲爸爸没有教过他做 他也没有机会看到其他爸爸叔叔们做

A whistle and rewards such as carrots and apples have been used to encourage him to stand.
Tian Tian is also being trained to stand so zoo keepers can perform ultrasound scans to monitor her ovaries and womb, and hopefully the pregnancy. She has also been trained to urinate on cue making it easier for keepers to get samples to detect changes in her hormone levels which can indicate when the right moment for mating will be.
Indoor light timers have been fitted in both their pens to mimic outside sunlight levels so both pandas can undergo physiological changes at the same time.
The male is being fed more bamboo to increase his stamina. He is currently eating 110lbs a day but this will be increased to 220lb which is almost his whole body weight in food.
Mr Valentine told The Sunday Telegraph: ‘It is physically demanding for the male, as though he has got weight and power on his side, the female does not make it easy.

‘We are training him to help him cope with that.
‘He has got to be physically, mentally and chemically pumped up.’
Tian Tian’s urine samples from when she was in season last year have been dabbed around Yang Guang’s pen to increase his hormone levels.
In the wild, male pandas would track down the female in season by tracking the chemical signals given off by her urine. It also triggers hormonal and chemical changes in the male’s body.
Smooth Radio is being played in his pen as well to relax him after his adjustment to his new home has been difficult. New Year’s fireworks, planes and high winds have unsettled him in the past.
The pandas have also been able to glimpse each other through a grate as their reunion approaches in an attempt to ‘tease’ them. They will be gradually introduced to each other as the date approaches.
Yang Guang recently started doing handstands against trees, walls and rocks, scent-marking as high up as possible, which is known as a display of virility in the wild.
Meanwhile Tian Tian has already started calling out to the male which is common during breeding season.
Artificial insemination is fraught with danger for both pandas that will have to be put under general anaesthetic, but will be done to increase the chances of a successful mating season.
Staff will then have to wait 180 days until cubs are born.
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