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0035. why do i love pandas?

hmm. partly because i kinda resemble one; their rotund shape, dark eye circles, general lack of motivation and abundance of sloth. and prolly cos they're cute? haha.

i love the pandas for being the symbolic beasts of gentleness and endearment. with their natural habitat being torn apart to manufacture disposable chopsticks and other wooden produce, their place to eat, sleep and mate are being eaten up by us faster than they can do so themselves (an adult panda can eat up to 20kg of bamboo shoots a day!).

and pandas make awesome parents, especially the mother. this is mainly due to their low birth and mortality rates as their cubs are often hunted by poachers with modern day human weaponry... something primitive fang and claw can never beat.

this is why before they die out, something very possible during our lifetime (there are only less than 1,600 pandas in the wild now!), i wish to visit their homeland at cheng du, sze chuan, china to see and hug them at least once in my life.

that'll happen prolly in 2011. looking forward to it!