Panda'ing for attention: Pandas faking pregnancy to get special treatment. - Polidicks

[QUOTE][QUOTE][IMG]http://www.sbs.com.au/news/sites/sbs.com.au.news/files/styles/full/public/20140826001020544358-original.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] Experts believe some female pandas have figured out how to game the system and are [B]faking hysterical pregnancies to obtain special treatment such as air conditioned rooms and extra rations.[/B] Hopes that tiny panda paws would be seen in the world's first live-broadcast cub delivery were dashed Tuesday when Chinese experts suggested the "mother" was likely to have been focusing more on extra bun rations than giving birth. The slated star of the show, giant panda Ai Hin, had last month shown signs of pregnancy at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Research Centre, according to state news agency Xinhua. A live broadcast of the event was planned, but things got awkward for organisers after her "behaviours and physiological indexes returned to normal", according to Xinhua citing experts saying she experienced a "phantom pregnancy". The breeding centre, in China's southwestern province of Sichuan, commonly moves pandas which are thought to be pregnant into[B] single rooms with air conditioning and around-the-clock care.[/B] Source: [URL]http://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/2014/08/27/pandas-faking-hysterical-pregnancies-get-special-treatment-extra-rations[/URL][/QUOTE] I guess the DailyMail can now call add 'panda' to the demographics they slander.

step your game up humans, the panda uprising is coming

Nature's lazy fucks, dying off yet would rather fake pregnancies than actually get pregnant.

[QUOTE=Teddybeer;45813911]They sort of deserve to go extinct. Everything they do or don't do is because they are just to lazy.[/QUOTE] Weren't pandas already on their way out until China realized that they could use pandas for their own benefit?

[QUOTE=Svinnik;45814080]Weren't pandas already on their way out until China realized that they could use pandas for their own benefit?[/QUOTE] Pandas are only going extinct because of the destruction of their habitat. Without humans they'd be reproducing at a completely sustainable rate.

The female privilege strikes again.

[QUOTE=Zeke129;45814324]Pandas are only going extinct because of the destruction of their habitat. Without humans they'd be reproducing at a completely sustainable rate.[/QUOTE] We're literally doing everything we can to try and help them reproduce. We've made porn for them, we've actually tried forcing them. Biologically, it's incredibly different for pandas to get pregnant. This isn't entirely our fault.

[QUOTE=Jamsponge;45814419]We're literally doing everything we can to try and help them reproduce. We've made porn for them, we've actually tried forcing them. Biologically, it's incredibly different for pandas to get pregnant. This isn't entirely our fault.[/QUOTE] They only eat bamboo because they're too lazy to hunt anything, right?

Stop fat shaming me you thin previledged scum!

This reminds me of how when my dog was younger and could move around better, she would scratch at the door to let me know she needed to go outside to do her business, but when I got up and got to the door, she'd run and take my chair. Don't underestimate animals. Small dogs know they're cute and use it to their advantage

[QUOTE=Dr.C;45815734]This reminds me of how when my dog was younger and could move around better, she would scratch at the door to let me know she needed to go outside to do her business, but when I got up and got to the door, she'd run and take my chair. Don't underestimate animals. Small dogs know they're cute and use it to their advantage[/QUOTE] Seriously. Had a pet rat years ago. Once I got out of the shower, sat down to read the newspaper and play with the rat. He was busy nosing around the room when my gf brought a plate of food, and the little guy had obviously set his eyes on it. At first I didn't notice, because the attempts were too straightforward, such as climbing on my bare leg or plain jumping on the sofa. After he figured out I was going to keep him away if I saw him, he started to get clever. Very gently climbing up the blanket I was wrapped in, and coming up just behind the newspaper. Climbing up the very sides and detouring around the back to leap from my shoulders and attempt to grab something. Finally he edged along the inside of the blanket, and I only noticed him once his cute, sneaky little face popped out right under my nose. I gave up and handed him an entire chicken wing. Kudos to him for the effort. Goddamn, I miss my little bro...

If only the solution to this dubious behavior was black and white.