3 Reasons My Panda Costume is Terrifying

3. They have no will to live.

Okay, so that’s not perfectly accurate. A live panda will fight to survive. They just don’t seem to have any natural inclination to further their species. Their disinclination towards breeding has led to ridiculous tactics within captivity – including things like feeding them Viagra and showing them videos of other bears procreating (bear porn, seriously). Zoos often resort to artificial insemination. The bears, in return, can have “fake” pregnancies. I’m not kidding. Read about it.

From a strictly natural perspective, a female panda has about 16 years of fertility. Except she only ovulates a couple of days a year. She can’t handle more than one pregnancy in two years. If she has twins (not uncommon), she will abandon the weaker one. Oh, and without humans there to play matchmaker, they are prone to inbreeding.

Ultimately, it appears pandas have hit an “evolutionary cul-de-sac” (credit to Chris Packham for that phrase). They are not evolving to survive, as a species. 

That’s terrifying.

So, panda costume = terrifying. Get it now?