The last pandas in the UK, Ming Ming and Bao Bao, were shipped out in 1994 after failing to mate. Only nine zoos outside China currently house the animals, three of which are in Europe。

Edinburgh Zoo is expecting to double its visitor numbers after their arrival, which followed five years of negotiations at the highest political and diplomatic levels。

Tian Tian, a female, and Yangguang, a male, were both born in 2003 and are currently housed at Wolong Panda Breeding Centre in China’s Sichuan Province, which is home to 250 breeding giant pandas。

However, the animals’ low sex drive means only 20 panda cubs are born in captivity every year around the world. Both Edinburgh’s new pandas have produced offspring previously, but not with each other。

来自中国的大熊猫“甜甜”和“阳光”将落户英国爱丁堡动物园，这是近20年后大熊猫再次在英国安家。据报道，动物园将为两只大熊猫专门开辟“爱情隧道”以鼓励交配，还为它们的后代准备了保育室。

爱丁堡动物园公布了为大熊猫“甜甜”和“阳光”准备的顶级熊猫馆的修建计划，熊猫馆斥资25万英镑。这对大熊猫将在下半年抵达动物园。

这对大熊猫的新家的前身是猩猩馆，这里将被改造为一片竹林，还将搭建一间适合睡觉的小洞穴、供熊猫攀爬的架子、以及用来乘凉的嬉水池。

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