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365 Photo Challenge – Day34: Furry Friends – Part 1

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What can I say? Of course, George Eliot (or Mary Anne Evans, her real name, an English poet, novelist, journalist, translator and a leading writer in Victorian era — I suppose you know already that women writers during her time adopted male names in order to be taken seriously as women then were stereotyped as capable of writing only romance novels) was right in that observation. Animals are indeed free of human’s ability to discriminate and are said to have better grasp of reality and awareness than we do. They live their lives in accordance with the cosmic law. They cooperate with the nature. We live ours either changing or destroying the world we live in — thinking we are special, unique, superior species. Who are we kidding?

Anyway, for the Day-33 of my 365 Photo Challenge, let me introduce you to our furry siblings in Everland, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea. These couple named Le Bao (male originally named Yuan Xin) and Ai Bao (female originally named Hua Ni) arrived sometime in March 2016. They are on a 15-year lease agreement discussed during Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to the country. It was finalized and confirmed when Premier Li Keqiang visited Seoul in 2015. Apparently, China already loaned a pair to South Korea 22 years ago but they were returned when it (South Korea) suffered from Asian foreign exchange crisis. The two countries agreed to cooperate in the Panda research hence, the loan.

The environment in Panda World is simulated to that of the Panda’s home base in Sichuan, China.

They don’t have Frosty The Snowman — what they got there is Panda The SnowBear…

In the entrance, you shall be greeted by this stone image of a cute panda amidst now wilted plants buried in an inch coat of snow…

This is the real thing — he munched bamboo and completely oblivious to people looking through the glass window. Looking at it, I wonder how he manage to chump the bamboo without wounding his gum and tongue. I mean he eats it as if he is eating some spare rib and it takes a long time for him to finish eating. This is the second time I saw Pandas; my first was in Chiang-Mai, Thailand.

This is the other Panda — she is enclosed in an area with fence and seems to be semi-aware (as unlike the other one, she would actually glance at spectators and change her position from time to time) of the people but most probably bored with the ugly humans ogling at her…well, of course, I do not know that for sure lol — I am just assuming because the crowd does not excite her.

I can, in reality, will not grow tired watching these couple. However, as is common in any travel itinerary, time is always limited and so, like it or not, we had to bid them adieu so we can go to the next attraction.

Now if you want to see what is going on in the 365 Photo Challenge and want to be in it, then read it here.

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Written by HarpingByAPixie

Entrepreneur by day; dreamer by sundown

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    • Oh no. The first time I saw them in Chiang-Mai, Thailand I actually felt sad that they are caged. I saw bears in Myanmar but they are left in natural habitat — fenced but the area is quite wide.

  5. Uhm, we can — but due to high cost of magic dust many pixies now learn to cut their vices and live a simpler life hahaha yes, the zoo concept bothers me but I do not know how else will they take care of those limited pandas if not the zoo — maybe a sanctuary is a better idea I dunno

    • As I said in my other comment, the Viril has nothing to do with it — it comes as bonus. The only good thing about that person leaving a whatever comment, is that I can return his or her gesture by checking out his or her own posts. If that person only view my post without upvote/downvote or comment, then I wouldn’t know right? But sometimes, I read without reacting.

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    • …and my replies are late too ??? I am missing-in-action mostly as my dad is in the hospital. I have trouble accessing Virily. Funny that we were only talking about this then I read about your post on downvote. I was telling you about the fact that sometimes I read but don’t leave comments or votes

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    • Thank you for dropping by — I will catch up with your posts soon. Sorry but since I was on vacay, paperwork piled up and I am still buried in it hahaha all my notifs are still waiting to be attended to — I am hoping I could go back to normal by February

  8. Erratum, i though pixies would sprinkle dust on the keyboard and words would appear. Color me disapointed now.
    Wonderful post, Panda’s are beautiful. The zoo concept worries me, but that is for another post!

  11. Erratum: no worries, I didn’t even catch it, until you pointed it out. lol
    Now for the tour, it always amazes me how soft and clean they look. Great shots, and it seem’s like a great place with tons of Eucalyptus. Happy Pandas!