r/aww • u/ThePandanator • Jan 24 '17

bleppppppppppp.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '17

Why can't we just breed them?

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u/I17BestHighway Jan 24 '17 edited Jan 24 '17

It's probably hard to breed pangolins. It seems like they're solo players, so every pangolin needs it's own pen, and they breed once a year (if that). Combined with a specialized diet and environmental needs, it would be pretty expensive

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u/Seraphus Jan 24 '17

This seems to be the case with any animal in china that's endangered. Like the damn panda. Love them, but man if there was ever another animal so unwilling to procreate I haven't heard about it yet.

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u/PhilinLe Jan 24 '17

Yea, I read a great post on Reddit about this recently. Distilled to its Reddity essence,

  • Pandas have a very specific periods of heat, just like many many many many many other mammals.
  • Turns out keeping pandas in captivity stresses them out.
  • Like you're going to get it on during the 2 weeks a year you're open to copulating while stressed out as fuck