As we humans strap on our facekinis, the pandas at Beijing Zoo are enjoying a special heat beating treat: "a dessert of mung bean soup, a traditional Chinese summer soup believed to be beneficial to human body, and in this case animal body, to reduce heat."
An employee at the Zoo told Shanghai Daily about this, before adding: “Giant pandas cannot handle the heat, so we must keep the indoor temperature between 24 to 26 degrees Celsius. They eat eight meals every day to maintain strength, including bamboo shoots, carrots, and mung bean soup. Each panda consumes almost 50 kilos of bamboo a day.”
Here's one of the pandas from the story:
I've already ordered my own daily 50 kilo bamboo allotment from Taobao (see here, scroll down). Hopefully this will help keep me as cool as a Beijing panda on these muggy July days.
Lol. I don't mind to stay indoors 24/7 and have eight meals a day