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Pandas Swoon to Particular Croons

Science Quickly

Scientific American

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4.41.4K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2018

⏱️ 2 minutes

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Listening to the sounds panda pairs make when they're introduced could lead to better breeding success. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0

This is Scientific Americans's 60 second science. I'm Christopher in Tagyatta.

0:37.0

If you're a giant panda, this sound means romance.

0:42.0

I wouldn't call it a romantic serenade.

0:44.0

Megan Owen is a conservation biologist at the San Diego Zoo's Institute for Conservation

0:49.6

Research. There's nothing softer demure about it. And yet that sound, called a bleat,

0:55.0

that's B-L-E-A-T, just like a goat.

0:57.0

Signals that a panda couple has hit it off,

0:59.0

and copulation is nigh.

1:01.0

Owen and her colleagues analyze more than 2,500 panda sounds recorded during breeding introductions,

1:07.5

and they analyze the audio's acoustic qualities.

1:10.3

Their study in the Journal Royal Society Open Science is a sort of how-to guide for

1:15.2

panda breeders, cataloging the various vocal characteristics of a blind date.

1:19.9

You've got an uninterested roar, or a bark, a more ambiguous chirp, or an amorous bleat.

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