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SINGAPORE: Wildlife Reserves Singapore is getting ready for the arrival of two pandas, which will be on loan from China for a 10-year period, in 2011.
The group is growing some 5,000 bamboo plants and hiring two Mandarin-speaking zookeepers to communicate with the panda experts who will be here.
The giant pandas may look like huggable soft toys but they are, in actual fact, difficult to care for.
Last seen here in 1991, pandas require special attention to their diet, which is why six species of bamboo will be grown locally to keep them happily feeding, and perhaps breeding.
Subash Chandran, curator at Mandai Zoo, said: "Our hope is that they will breed when they are with us. So in preparation for breeding, in the design of our new exhibit, we are going to provide for a cubbing den and so on."
- CNA/so
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