Giant Panda Mating Calls May Be Drowned Out By Man-Made Noise Pollution

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Giant pandas use vocalizations to coordinate mating behavior. Hung Chung Chih/Shutterstock



Given that giant pandas are notoriously unprolific at reproducing, the last thing that conservationists want is for the bears’ mating capability to be compromised by human activities. In an attempt to learn more about how best to avoid disturbing pandas’ social interactions, researchers from the Zoological Society of San Diego have been investigating the range of their hearing capacity.

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