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Are panda sex lives being messed up by the incorrect gut microorganisms?

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Conservationists believe tweaking pandas’ diet plans may move their gut microbiomes in such a way that might motivate them to mate

By Sofia Quaglia

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The diet plan of huge pandas impacts their microbiome– which may affect their determination to mate

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Huge pandas aren’t having enough sex to grow their populations, and their gut microorganisms may be to blame.

Environment damage and environment modification currently make it hard for huge pandas to make it through. They likewise deal with an extra difficulty: they have a hard time to replicate, particularly in captivity. Pandas are singular animals, and women have simply one fertile window of about 40 hours each year. Males aren’t really promiscuous, and they do not understand how to install women …

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