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5 October 2009
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Pandes Celebrated the Moon Day

月月月明, 八月月明明分外;山山山秀,巫山山秀秀非常.

— A couplet on Three Gorges, Chongqing

Penda girls among the ten in a penda community living in Guangzhou missed out the Moon Party held by human girls in the neighbouring province Fujian and thus did not receive mooncakes distributed by the moon prayers. However, on the Moon Day, they were offered by the zoo authority with two kinds of mooncakes, one were traditionally eatern by Chinese people on the occassion which were filled with white lotus seed paste and salted double egg yolks, and another were made of their favorite bamboo powder.

O, 卖糕的, I never knew bamboo tree would grow mooncakes		Yep, it is grown from the bamboo tree, 'cause I can taste bamboo stuff inside.

The pendas somehow decided the mooncakes made for people were much more taster than the bamboo ones, and all pounced to grab as many as possible. But since the offer was limited, a social unrest erupted, and some punches and kicks were reportedly exchanged. Luckily the zoo authority responded swiftly and the situation was brought under control in no time.

What truly deserves to be applauded are not just the seedy response, but the zoo authority's firm stance on principles. They refused to appease the rule-breakers by offering more mooncakes with lotus and yolks, since the delicacies were deemed by dietitians as containing too much sugar and fat, hence are unhealthy for pendas to eat, considering these fleshy fellows have already been massively over and overweight.

So rules are rules, that everyone has to follow, even for endangered species like pendas. Now it is known that the fatties have all returned to their traditional diet - fresh bamboo salad - with no further complaint registered.

(Source of info/photo: 卢汉欣-新华网, 广州日报, 中新社)

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