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Looking for love

The UK's only male giant panda has started showing signs of readiness to mate.

Yang Guang (Sunshine) has been doing handstands against trees, walls and rocks, and scent-marking as high up as possible – known as displays of virility.

Experts at Edinburgh Zoo are hoping Yang Guang and female Tian Tian (Sweetie) could be ready to mate within a month.

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