The National Zoo’s beloved bears are set to leave this month, while the loan agreement for the country’s only other pandas, at Zoo Atlanta, is expiring next year.

Some of the last giant pandas in the United States are heading back to China.

The National Zoo announced last week that its three pandas — Mei Xiang, Tian Tian and their 3-year-old male cub, Xiao Qi Ji — will return to China by Nov. 15, earlier than expected.

Panda fans have been flocking to say goodbye to the black-and-white bears, who have long been one of the zoo’s main attractions.

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    Seems like the correct number of Pandas to find in the Americas 🤷

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    Hot take: good. Pandas are an example of a creature who would go extinct if left to its own devices and frankly are a lot of man hours to keep it safe from its own instincts.

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      Pandas are an example of a creature who would go extinct if left to its own devices

      Nope. The reason they are endangered is the same reason for so many, many animals: Habitat destruction.

      They managed to survive as a species for millions of years. Until human came along and fucked up where they live.

      If they and their habitat had been left to its own devices, they would be fine.

      Hot take:

      You realise that is an admission of a shit argument?

      Hot Take:

      In journalism, a hot take is a “piece of deliberately provocative commentary that is based almost entirely on shallow moralizing” in response to a news story, “usually written on tight deadlines with little research or reporting, and even less thought

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      No, Pandas are endangered entirely because of the actions of China and the CCP.

      If their bamboo forests had been left intact, they would be thriving.