So anyway, just having had a short discussion about the topic, I am interested in other opinions.
Personally, I don't give a fuck about the panda and I believe it is an evolutionary dead-end already that shouldn't be treated specially just because it has a cute fur pattern.
Pandas only have few heat days per year if they can be arsed to shag anyway and their offspring per birth rate is small (one per two years). Not to mention that in captivity they mostly lose their sex drive completely which in the past meant expensive artificial insemination or crazy experiments (panda porn!) and only recently they have managed to encourage breeding with cheaper methods.
Then there's the fact that they are carnivorous in principle but are too lazy to actually eat meat so they have to spend the whole day chewing bamboo to even meet their nutrition requirements.
Not to forget that they are expensive to hold in most countries and, even worse, since the 80s China has gone from gifting pandas to loaning them at a rate of up to 1 million dollars per year under the condition that every born cub automatically is property of China.
And finally, the fact that the panda is a completely unessential part of its environment while a great number of endangered EDGE species are vital parts of theirs but don't receive much attention because apparently panda fur is the boob bonus of the animal kingdom.
So my point is let's just get rid of the panda and actually save a species worth it. Your move.
Personally, I don't give a fuck about the panda and I believe it is an evolutionary dead-end already that shouldn't be treated specially just because it has a cute fur pattern.
Pandas only have few heat days per year if they can be arsed to shag anyway and their offspring per birth rate is small (one per two years). Not to mention that in captivity they mostly lose their sex drive completely which in the past meant expensive artificial insemination or crazy experiments (panda porn!) and only recently they have managed to encourage breeding with cheaper methods.
Then there's the fact that they are carnivorous in principle but are too lazy to actually eat meat so they have to spend the whole day chewing bamboo to even meet their nutrition requirements.
Not to forget that they are expensive to hold in most countries and, even worse, since the 80s China has gone from gifting pandas to loaning them at a rate of up to 1 million dollars per year under the condition that every born cub automatically is property of China.
And finally, the fact that the panda is a completely unessential part of its environment while a great number of endangered EDGE species are vital parts of theirs but don't receive much attention because apparently panda fur is the boob bonus of the animal kingdom.
So my point is let's just get rid of the panda and actually save a species worth it. Your move.
