What may be a first for Twitter, the National Zoo offered tweet-by-tweet updates as Mei Xiang the giant panda underwent her eighth artificial insemination procedure.
When in doubt over a year-end list, go with an animal. But be prepared to protect yourself from Twitter’s wrath.
Today’s links feature individuals championing the arts in thrift stores, on the baseball diamond, atop light posts in Times Square, and more.
Today’s links showcase strange people. (No offense.)
If you’re feeling like everything you’ve ever known about pandas has turned out to be a lie, trust us, you’re not alone.
How far would China’s conservationists go to safeguard the country’s giant pandas, a struggling species of a couple thousand? This far: oversized, fuzzily oppressive bear costumes.
The only giant panda born in the United States this year has the whole world saying “awwww.”
Who couldn’t have seen this coming?
This just might be the saddest news you will hear today—a giant panda, living in China’s Jinan Zoo, died after accidently being gassed with carbon monoxide and chlorine.
