To quote Dave Barry, "I am not making this up."
(courtesy of Boing Boing, by the way, lest I forget)
There is a zoo in Thailand that hosts two pandas, a male and a female. The zoo would like for these two pandas to breed. In order to encourage this, they have separated the two and are showing the male panda . . . (wait for it) . . . panda pornography.
No, I'm not kidding.
I never even knew there was such a thing as "panda porn." Do you think it comes with an awful sound track? Are there panda fluffers? Is there a panda porn star named "Bam Bam?"
And, most importantly, do zoo officials really believe showing the male panda pornos is going to increase his chances of successful procreation?! I'm trying to imagine that pick up line: "Hey, baby-- wanna help me try out something I saw in a porn flick last week?"
If these zoo officials really want to give Chuang Chuang a fighting chance to "score", give him a fancy sports car, a credit card and one night in Bangkok. Hey, come on now-- it's freakin' Thailand! If Lin Hui (his partner) doesn't put out, he could probably find a panda prostitute there without too much trouble.