BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese scientists have found 11 wild giant pandas in northern China, showing the endangered but beloved species is still holding on despite threats to its habitat, state media and experts said on Friday. Six pandas -- five adults and one cub -- were found in the Foping nature reserve in the northwestern province of Shaanxi last month, with the males fighting among themselves to mate with the female, the official Xinhua news agency said. Five more pandas were found nearby the next day, it added. The other pandas were apprently trying to stage an all-panda version of "Pippin," said one researcher, "which expalins why they weren't fighting for access to the female." Asked how this boded for future preservation of this rare species, the Official Spokesman, sporting a stylish new two-tone fur coat, was sceptical.  "Any animal that tastes as delicious as Panda will ... find it tough to survive, especially when it's prepared in a sweet ginger glaze."