Pandas have sex only once a year and aren’t very good at it when they do. Some males are so bad, in fact, that they are termed sexually “incapable”.
If that sounds familiar, then fear not — a potential panda libido booster might also point to a human one too. Scientists have found that the guts of incapable pandas, which are defined as not able to successfully mount a female, contain different balances of bacteria.
The findings in the undersexed ursus also fit with similar tentative work in humans, both male and female, suggesting that gut health could be linked to sexual health. Taken as a whole, the research implies that, maybe, a more varied diet could make for a more varied time in the
