ChengLun Na PhD. / Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical GardenOh it's still snowing some places? Here in L.A., we've skipped from "winter" (which is basically just springtime to everyone else) to summer. It's sunny and in the 70's most days! Though, the past few days have actually almost been too hot. You can't step foot outside without breaking into a sweat. Best to just stay inside with the A/C.
But we digress: You're so cold! We're so sorry about it!
Here are two little Chinese red pandas at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden who would prefer a return to the winter weather though. Maybe looking at these adorable picture of the duo joyfully frolicking in the snow will make you feel better about your current situation?
Did it work? Do you love the snow again?
"Winter time at the Cincinnati Zoo, conjures up ideas like polar bears or penguins, but we have all sorts of animals who love cold weather," the zoo's executive director, Thane Maynard, says. "Including the Chinese red panda."
He isn't lying. They realy do love the cold weather. Like, they looooooove the cold weather. They blast the A/C even in sweater weather. "The Cincinnati Zoo is one of the very few zoos that successfully breeds and rears baby red pandas," Maynard explains.
"One of the secrets is there den is down below ground and it's air conditioned," he continues. "So in the summer they don't get too hot."
In case you needed more facts to accompany these wonderful photos of the pandas playing, a scene that likely started in raucous laughter and ended with one of the red pandas in tears and the other yelling, "BUT MOOOOOOM, IT WASN'T MY FAULT!", here's this: A video where Maynard talks about what the red panda eats, including panda pudding. Cuuuuute!