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A Japanese scientist could soon become stinking rich with an invention to be ready by 2005 that would use Panda dung to create electricity. Fumiaki Taguchi, emeritus professor of Kitasato University in Tokyo, embarked on the project five years ago when he asked Ueno Zoo for a bucketful of one of their most popular residents' faeces. Bacteria inside the panda's belly must be pretty special to be able to digest tough bamboo leaves and shoots, he reasoned. "If a panda can support such a big body by eating bamboo leaves, it's really different from other animals," Professor Taguchi said. "There...

<p>WASHINGTON -- Tian Tian may be ready for sex, but Mei Xiang definitely isn't.</p> <p>The two pandas, star attractions at the U.S. National Zoo, were staying apart Wednesday after some testosterone-fueled rough play Sunday sent female Mei Xiang scrambling into the safety of her favorite tree, where she stayed for 36 hours.</p>

Feminism Advanced as Remedy in Panda Mating Incident By Dover Smeed CNSNews.com Satire March 27, 2002 (CNSNews.com) - A national women's group is demanding the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. take measures to provide "a safe and nurturing feministic environment," for the zoo's female panda following an unsuccessful attempt at mating by its male counterpart. Officials with the zoo Tuesday disclosed that Tian Tian, a 265-pound male giant panda, bit and pinned down Mei Xiang, the zoo's 205-pound female panda, in a furtive mating attempt on March 24. Zoo scientists reported that Mei Xiang was able to escape to a...