Once again signs are showing up at the National Zoo that breeding season is drawing near for the female giant panda. (Smithsonian National Zoo photo)The road to panda pregnancy is long and arduous, but at the National Zoo, Mei Xiang has apparently embarked once again on the journey. On March 15, the zoo said last week, she “started exhibiting behavioral signs that breeding season is approaching! Scent-marking, it seems is one of the things you do if you are a female giant panda interested in attracting the attentions of a male. Such natural handicaps have helped to make reproduction a challenge for the giant panda.

Source: Washington Post March 25, 2019 04:15 UTC