April 16, Panda and Orangutans
It was the National Zoo today. DC must be a great place for kids to grow up. So many public (free!) museums, parks and zoo and so few weekends and holidays! I only pity the fathers who have to carry the pink, Dora the Explorer backpacks that their lovely daughters are too tired to carry after 30 minutes. Of course, other than the precious children, the stars of the zoo were the Giant Pandas. Children's love of the cuddly pandas is universal across language and cultural barriers. Pandas have been the good-will ambassadors of People's Republic of China for the last three decades, as a symbol of friendship and peace. It is probably the most associated symbol of China these days that does not involve Tiananmen Square, tanks, or crying lamas. The Giant Pandas are an enigma though—carnivores with teeth and claws yet consume an entirely vegetarian diet and barely surviving while surrounded by external dangers. Is this what China should be in the eyes of its international critics? Let us adore you and sing your beauty as long as you stay within the “cage” that we have built for you. Quietly use your sharp claws and teeth to crush the bamboo that we gave you, but be careful not to discover what the true power of such tools. By the way, I also saw orangutans, among the strongest of the apes species. They were flying high on ropes 50 feet above the ground, hopping from one tower to another while pissing and flinging poo at people below. Who wants to be like that?
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