With Zoo Closed Due To Coronavirus Pandas Finally Bang For The First Time In 10 Years

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Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong has been closed due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, but two pandas in the zoo have made the most of the recent privacy and have mated for the first time in captivity, after a decade of encouragement from their handlers.

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