Before anyone whines about animal welfare, this is how they live in the wild. They eat like that, they prefer kabobs, and yeah they drive hover cars. How would you get around a bamboo forest? You can't drive a normal car over terrain like that. This isn't perfect but it's how they evolved to live.

[–] Kaplya@hexbear.net 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Completely understandable. Sitting at the table together sharing skewers and jokes has been the cultural staple of pandas for thousands of years. Do not judge them based on your pathetic human culture.

[–] happybadger@hexbear.net 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It's disgusting when people say they "wouldn't sit in chairs like that". Like okay, it's a fucking bear. It has no opposable thumbs. There is no Home Depot in a bamboo forest. Yeah it's going to look like that and I challenge those same people to build a better chair. For a zoo with limited resources for toolmaking, these pandas did a pretty good job. A decent job.

[–] DamarcusArt@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It has no opposable thumbs.

Checkmate uhh...Panda thumb deniers!

[–] huf@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago

those are fake thumbs. literally.

[–] Kaplya@hexbear.net 33 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In communist China, pandas are fake and people are being grabbed off the streets and forced into a panda suit to act like they’re the animals representing the national symbol of China.

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I remember last year (or maybe the other last year) there was literally a story about a zoo being accused of having a guy in a panda suit in the exhibit

[–] Posadas@hexbear.net 38 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Could you blame them for thinking that?

https://twitter.com/PDChina/status/1686449969996386304

[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago

Bears are just bigger, scarier dogs

[–] wtypstanaccount04@hexbear.net 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

wrinkly ass

[–] zed_proclaimer@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago

Hank Hill-ass bear

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 14 points 2 years ago

Dudes wearing skinny jeans that come halfway down his ass

[–] Cysioland@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago

I adamantly refuse to believe that it's a real animal

[–] ergifruit@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

apparently that happens with sun bears more than you'd think. they got weird proportions.

[–] hexaflexagonbear@hexbear.net 25 points 2 years ago

Pandudes rock

[–] idkmybffjoeysteel@hexbear.net 20 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I imagine them tearing off and spitting out the food just to munch on the skewers

[–] alexei_1917@hexbear.net 1 points 3 weeks ago

My stuffed panda would totally do that. I can't have any bamboo kitchen tools and expect to use them. Comrade Cuddles chews all of it up.

[–] Facky@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Chat is this real?

[–] Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Destiny furiously scrolling wikipedia article for Pandas

[–] Tomorrow_Farewell@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

Quadbear