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Attempts to gather giant panda sperm fail
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Updated: 2005-02-22 15:34


Si Si, a grown male giant panda at Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, is carried into an operating room after receiving anaesthesia for sperm collection February 22, 2005. Experts and staff at the center tried to gather sperm from the panda, but two attempts failed, because Si Si did not ejaculate at all. [newsphoto]

Experts and staff with the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Center try to gather sperm from a grown giant panda February 22, 2005. Their two attempts failed because Si Si, the panda, did not ejaculate at all . [newsphoto]

Experts, veterinarians and staff at the center conduct a checkup to find the reason of the giant panda after they failed to collect any sperm in two attempts February 22, 2005. [newsphoto]

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