Say it ain’t so, Tuan Tuan and Yuan Yuan are pandas, right? Oh dear, when two super sensitive countries, republics of, provinces oh whatever… when Taiwan and China become the butt of an Aprils Fools joke there were no side slapping chuckles. A Taiwanese newspaper decided it would be fun to have a lend of China by claiming that the two pandas gifted by China to Taiwan were fakes. See…not funny considering their history and suspicions.The article goes on to say they were actually “Wenzhou brown forest bears that had been dyed”…ouch! Oh there is more …a fictitious zookeeper was quoted as saying they realized they had been duped when the pandas “spend almost all of their waking hours having sex,”. Urgh, now all hell has broken loose with demands the newspaper prints a retraction and apologizes. There are fears this incident will jeopardize the panda conservation project, oh and relations between the two countries, republics of, provinces hmm, places. Probably right, considering the pandas were given as a peace offering to ease tensions between the two sides. Awkward!

Just a little reminder of how cute they are…hmm, you sure it ain’t someone in a panda suit?…just checking..

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