Two giant pandas have successfully mated at a Hong Kong theme park for the first time in more than a decade after it was closed to the public due to coronavirus lockdown there.
The 14-year-old Ying Ying and Le Le have been at Ocean Park since 2007, but with hordes of visitors staring at them throughout the day, they have shown little interest in mating.
Since 2010, zookeepers tried various methods to encourage the naturally low libido animals but nothing worked until Monday 6 April.
Much to the delight of their keepers and after two months of isolation, they made the most of their privacy. According to Ocean Park, since late March, Ying Ying began spending more time playing in the water, while Le Le has been leaving scent-markings around