Panda Bliss

Posted by Miss Cellania in Animal, Travel & Places on September 4, 2007 at 9:06 am


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Bestselling author Neil Gaiman wrote about his recent trip to China, including the experience of holding a year-old panda in his lap.

Utter, utter happiness. Better than any number of awards. Makes being a writer completely worthwhile. I suspect that world peace and harmony would come about in weeks if people just got to put pandas on their laps every few months. Honest.

Link -via Exploding Aardvark

Also read about how giraffes hide in Beijing.


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9 comments to "Panda Bliss"

  1. L.B. Jeffries
    September 4th, 2007 at 9:27 am

    I thought those things were really violent for some reason. Am I thinking of koala bears?

  2. artbot
    September 4th, 2007 at 10:21 am

    Great. Another rich white guy has a transformative experience with a wild animal that looks cute, but will tear your face off at the drop of a hat. I think we can all relate to that.

    Yes, world peace.

  3. donna
    September 4th, 2007 at 10:49 am

    L.B. Jeffries,

    You are thinking of drop bears. Very dangerous indeed. ;^)

  4. Anita
    September 4th, 2007 at 11:00 am

    What a great plan for world peace!

    1) Fly everyone to China
    2) Put man-eating wild panda in every person's lap
    3) Wait until all people are eaten
    4) Voila! World peace!

  5. Ali S.
    September 4th, 2007 at 11:39 am

    Maybe if they had every World Leader do this then perhaps we can get some real World peace in the works. However, I do somewhat share the sentiments of artbot. ;)

  6. S.
    September 4th, 2007 at 12:23 pm

    Yes, the drop bears will follow you through the trees and wait until you fall asleep. Though in some areas their numbers are sinking due to wiser (and more violent) people's tendencies to shoot a couple of rounds into any and all trees around them.

  7. ted
    September 4th, 2007 at 5:15 pm

    Never heard of him.
    Looks kinda stoned.

  8. Alex
    September 4th, 2007 at 5:50 pm

    He looks like Harry Potter, twenty years later.

  9. munky
    September 4th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    "man-eating wild panda"

    Shurely shome mishtake..?

    from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda

    "Diet -- Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous, which consists almost exclusively of bamboo. However, pandas still have the digestive system of a carnivore and do not have the ability to digest cellulose efficiently..."


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