He is a male panda.
However, showing young male pandas "panda pornography" is widely credited with a recent population boom among pandas in zoos.
Then the zoo imported a male panda from London Zoo to mate with Ling-Ling.
"In captivity, only about 10 percent of male pandas can mate," he said.
On Jan. 11, two adult male red pandas were found dead in their pen.
Despite being a male panda, Ling Ling's name meant "darling little girl" in Chinese.
In March 2011, Su Lin successfully bred with a male giant panda.
Pandas of different sexes "only come together to mate," he explained, and the male panda is too young.
"The Pandas" - a recurring sketch with two male giant pandas in a zoo, discussing life and bamboo shoots.
No doubt a male panda wouldn't have been suitable.....
