Uhm, what is it with people mixing feces and brewed beverages? For years now we've all be chuckling about the fact that most expensive coffee in the world is brewed with beans that have been eaten and digested by Civets. And now we learn that a "wildlife expert in China is attempting to launch the world's most expensive tea, using panda poo to fertilise the brew." Yes, you read that right. He wants to make tea using the excrement of Gothamist's favorite animal. This week? You can stop now, you aren't going to top this shit.
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Move Over "Cat Crap Coffee," Panda Poo Tea Is Coming!
Cute Alert: Central Park Zoo Welcomes A New Red Panda!
Aw! Say hello to Biru, a one-year-old red panda who recently settled in to his new digs at the Central Park Zoo. Biru is here to mate with female red panda Amaya in the Temperate Territory. Oooh! Biru and Amaya, sitting in a tree!
Melo In China: Pandas! Shoes! Interpretive Dancing!
Knicks star Carmelo Anthony is currently on a whirlwind promotional tour adventure into the heart of China with fellow NBA star, BFF, and potential teammate Chris Paul. Anthony is ostensibly there to promote shoes, as part of the annual Jordan Brand Flight Tour, a four-city brand promotion that includes store appearances and training camps. But he seems like he's having a lot more fun chilling out with pandas and performing interpretive dances. Watch below:
Carmelo Anthony Hangs With A Panda Like A Boss
With the NBA currently in a lockout that is threatening to derail the entire 2011-2012 season, many players have begun discussing the possibility of playing overseas in the interim. Amare Stoudemire said he had already been approached by teams from Israel, China, Turkey, and Spain. But it seems another Knick has beaten Stat to China, and he loves hanging out with pandas.
San Diego Zoo Panda Bites Zoo Keeper
Yesterday, the San Diego Union Tribune reported that 19-year-old panda Bai Yun bit one of her keepers when the giant panda "wandered out of its habitat [on Sunday]... Zoo officials said the safety barrier between the keeper area and the animal’s habitat at the zoo’s giant panda research station was not fully secured, allowing for the unexpected encounter."
Humans Dress As Pandas To Help Baby Pandas
This is not a film still from a Charlie Kaufman panda film (Being Panda Malkovich?) or a panda plushie porno. It's totally real: Panda researchers in China dress as pandas when they reintroduce giant pandas into the wild after breeding them in captivity. They don't want the panda cubs—aww, panda cubs!—to see humans when they drop them off into the forest. It's so bizarre and so beautiful and so sad at the same time!
Note from the Publisher: Welcome Katharine Patricia Chung Wilkins!
Jen Chung would be putting up this post, but she's been away from her keyboard today having a baby! Katharine Patricia Chung Wilkins was born at 2:38 pm on January 3, 2010— stats so far: 7 pounds, 1.2 ounces. Surprisingly, the baby does not resemble the projection that the Gothamist graphics staff created earlier this month. Jen writes: "Fun facts: Exactly two weeks early; had umbilical cord wrapped around her body twice; Chung is her second middle name; seems to endure my off-key singing."
Is Sad Panda... Happy?
Who doesn't need some good news on a rainy day? It's been a while since we've checked up on Wall Street's unofficial mascot, Sad Panda, and guess what we found out when we did? He was happy one sunny day back in May! You know what this means, Sad Panda probably just has Seasonal Affected Disorder like the rest of us. Maybe he's really just S.A.D. Panda.
Panda Takes Over Google Maps Street View
If you happened to look at Google Maps' Street View, you may have noticed the usual yellow "peg man" has been replaced by a panda. (Doesn't seem to be Sad Panda, though.) According to GoogleMapsMania, "Following complaints that the little yellow man shaped Street View icon wasn't cute enough Google have today replaced Pegman in Google Maps Street View with a panda." And Google Maps users in different countries have different icons. Unfortunately, it appears to be part of Google's April Foolery, involving an artificial intelligence program named CADIE (which also has a blog).
Sad Panda's Got the Mondays
It hasn't even been a week since we last checked in with Sad Panda, but readers have been flooding our inbox with their old photos of the lovable bear spotted on the subway, in Times Square, and all over the city's mean streets. The two above photos, however, were taken just moments ago in what appears to be our subject's natural habitat: the Financial District. More specifically, he was sitting on his stool at Bowling Green and Broadway, south of the Charging Bull. Life isn't all bamboo and blog love, however, looking more down and out than usual, it's apparent that even Sad Panda can get a case of the Mondays.
Spotted: Sad Panda Walking Downtown
Reader David Velez (link NSFW) sent us these photos of a sad looking panda walking around downtown at Battery Park late yesterday afternoon. Was he laid off from the zoo? He was carrying a Duane Reade bag and kept his head hung low as he walked amongst the humans. Aw, depression era panda, you make us so sad. (Though the eye witness pointed out this could be some sort of fetish thing, in which case, gross.)
Earthquake Survivor Panda Gives Birth to Twins
Some cute news: A panda who survived the May earthquake in Sichuan has now given birth to twins. Panda Guo Guo was relocated from the Wolong panda research center to another nearby city and was the first panda to give birth this year. While staffers could weigh the elder of the twins (6 ounces), the other was left unweighed because Guo Guo was cuddling it--aww!
No More Pandas with Chinese Accents
An animal near and dear to the Gothamist heart has been embroiled in a Super Bowl controversy! This year's wardrobe malfunction is now the debate over an animated ad from SalesGenie.com that features pandas.
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