Edinburgh Zoo pandas 'are preparing to mate'

Name: Edinburgh Zoo pandas 'are preparing to mate'
Uploaded: 2013-03-06T06:45:53.000Z
Duration: 1 min 34 s
Description: Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo have taken the first steps to prepare their two giant pandas for this year's breeding season.

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Keepers at Edinburgh Zoo have taken the first steps to prepare their two giant pandas for this year's breeding season.

Yang Guang and Tian Tian have been allowed to swap enclosures for a short time.

This lets the animals scent mark each other's accommodation ahead of being brought together.

James Cook reports.

6 March 2013