This is why we should keep hope alive

All they needed was a little privacy.

Two giant pandas, Ying Ying and Le Le, at the Ocean Park Zoo in Hong Kong, finally got there act together and made sweet love on Apr. 6.

Without prying eyes of visitors — the zoo closed Jan. 26 due to coronavirus fears — they were able to do what adds up to a monumental feat. A little romp between the bamboo trees.

Mating is difficult, confusing, and rare for giant pandas.

Life can and will continue. I’m convinced, if libido-lazy endangered pandas can get in the mood for love, anything is possible.

According to this article in the New York Times, they have a mating season of only a few days. A few days!

Thank heavens Ying Ying, the female, started showing signs that her hormonal levels were changing.

She started playing in the water. Splashing herself and getting the attention of Le Le, who then left scent markings all around his habitat and searched for Ying Ying’s scent.

Can’t you just feel the heat of desire in the air?

It was a bit odd to me that the zoo recorded the pandas “doing it” on video. You can watch the event and listen to their mating sounds here if that’s your jam. I guess they needed proof that this rare event actually occurred. Or, the zoo’s staff is just obsessed with giant pandas.

Either way, guys, this little bit of news gave me a tremendous amount of hope in these uncertain times. It’s almost like a miracle.

Yes. It shows miracles can happen.

We can flatten the curve and get back to our lives. Move ahead into a new, brighter future.

Perhaps we can learn to accept there’s more to people than only what we see on the surface. These tough times can bring us together. Help us appreciate that we may be products of our environment but need each other to survive and truly succeed.

If endangered pandas might make it, so can we.