They can’t bear to let this happen again.
Months after speculation that bears in Chinese zoos are actually people in costumes, footage of pandas sitting and eating like humans at the country’s Chongqing Zoo has viewers suspicious once again.
A mainland China animal shelter showcased four of its beloved black and white bears walking up to a table and sitting on a chair before eating cutely in a human-like manner in their enclosure.
Suspicions of mayhem quickly arose on social media platforms including X.
“Surely it’s not someone wearing a panda suit?” one user commented, according to the Daily Mail.
“This video only reinforces my theory that pandas are actually humans in panda suits. That’s not a real animal,” added another.
Images of pandas in Chinese zoos have raised suspicions that they are actually humans in clothing. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
“I wouldn’t be mad if it was someone in a suit. At least that’s another free bear,” chimed in the third.
However, others take pandas at face value.
“That was great sitting at the end of the clip, [it] is it exactly like bears do. It’s hard for a man to sit like that,” wrote one.
Dinner for four recalls last summer’s incident at the Hangzhou Zoo involving a humanoid Malaysian sun bear named Angela — who was seen standing perfectly on her hind legs.
Pictures of giant pandas in Chinese zoos may be fake, according to some amateur watchers. Cfoto/DDP via ZUMA
Experts, along with the zoo itself, have said that Angela is not a hoax.
Since that initial incident, the zoo has enjoyed a 30% increase in visitors and reportedly sees 20,000 people each day.
However, the concept of fake zoo animals – there have been similar accusations that dogs are painted to look like wolves and donkeys like zebras in China – is not something to be taken lightly.
Some believe that the cute panda pictured is real. Costfoto/NurPhoto/Shutterstock
In 2009, the Taipei Times in Taiwan published a satirical April Fool’s Day article that joked that two pandas gifted by the Chinese government to the Taipei Zoo were actually painted brown forest bears.
The zoo unleashed its inner beast in angry response.
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Source: thtrangdai.edu.vn/en/
