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PAULA STORY Associated Press WriterAP Online04-09-1998SAN DIEGO (AP) _ Maybe he had a headache. Or maybe theSan Diego Zoo's bamboo is so tasty, it's all a panda reallyneeds.

For whatever reason, Shi Shi, the zoo's male giant pandabear, has again shown a lack of libido toward his femalecounterpart.

So researchers decided Wednesday to inseminate the femalebear artificially rather than pass on another year of pandaprocreation.

``This is the only way that we can circumvent his failure to

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perform,'' said Donald Lindburg, a reproduction behavioristwith the zoo. ``The male is relentless in his unfriendlybehavior.''

Bai Yun, a playful 6-year-old female, employed all herfeminine wiles, but Shi Shi, a cranky 20-year-old male, wasmore interested in munching bamboo. …

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