re: Pandas At An Empty Zoo Under Coronavirus Quarantine Finally Boned After Ten Years Together

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Wait. Pandas aren’t bears? What the hell are they? Giant hairy squirrels?

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For many decades, the precise taxonomic classification of the giant panda was under debate because it shares characteristics with both bears and raccoons.[18] However, molecular studies indicate the giant panda is a true bear, part of the family Ursidae.[6][19] These studies show it differentiated early (about 19 million years ago)[20] from the main ursine stock; since it is the most basal member of the group, it is equidistant from all other extant ursids.[21][20] The giant panda has been referred to as a living fossil.[22]

Despite the shared name, habitat type, and diet, as well as a unique enlarged bone called the pseudo thumb (which helps them grip the bamboo shoots they eat) the giant panda and red panda are only distantly related.

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I'm genuinely curious about the 'trials' the article mentions. Has the male been trying to stick it in for the last couple of years only to fail? Female not wanting to receive?

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show the black-and-white beaus embracing and doing the deed.

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beau
/bo/

plural noun: beaus
1.a boyfriend or male admirer.

2. a rich, fashionable young man; a dandy.

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