(LOL WHUT) Giant panda accused of 'faking pregnancy' for better treatment
Anyone who follows Shanghaiist's extensive coverage of pandas is by now well-aware that we are more than a tad obsessed with the fluffy, adorable creatures. That's why we were as shocked as anyone to learn that they can sometimes act like total assholes. Maybe.
China Daily has reported that a panda named Yuan Yuan at the Taipei Zoo in Taiwan actually faked her own pregnancy in order to be relocated to fancier accommodations ahead of the summer.
When pandas become pregnant at the zoo, they are moved into single rooms with air-conditioners, where they receive extra helpings of food and around-the-clock attention.
Researchers believe Yuan Yuan, after observing the change in treatment, may have displayed behavior similar to that exhibited during pregnancy so that she could live in air-conditioned luxury during the scorching summer months.
How she managed to "fake" the thinning of her uterus, we cannot answer, but apparently this isn't the first case of its kind...
http://shanghaiist.com/2015/07/29/panda_yuanyuan_fake_pregnancy_for_b.php
http://usa.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2015-07/28/content_21433408.htm
Yuanyuan, a female panda eats her "birthday cake" at Taipei Zoo.
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Well done, Yuan Yuan! 
That was one of your best. 
