Referring to two pandas as "idiots", the plane being called the Panda Express... man, there's a lot of gold in this script.

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

Well, the FedEx Panda Express is its actual name painted on the plane. Sam didnt do it, the jokes just write themselves.

@emmanuelroyhipe8181

5 ай бұрын

Just aslo thought that Pan-Dee and Pan-Dah are HAI jokes but it was their real name.

@sirBrouwer

5 ай бұрын

@@underscoredfrisk I wonder if the restaurant chain named Panda Express made use of that free marketing tool.

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

@@emmanuelroyhipe8181 Most creative 11 year old

@hbkmog2766

5 ай бұрын

@@sirBrouwer Yes Panda Express is actually one of the sponsors and donors to the panda in Mexico City at least.

Whoever wrote Japandaplomacy deserves a raise

@erni2619

5 ай бұрын

I wonder if this is a similar feeling to how German compound words feel to Germans xD

@buckyjames1898

5 ай бұрын

Common Amy W

@norude

5 ай бұрын

@erni2619 no. German compound words are the same as English noun phrases, except they're written without spaces: "panda diplomacy" translates to "Panda-Diplomatie" "birthday present" translates to "Geburtstagsgeschenk" English noun phrases *act* as nouns, but in German they *are* nouns. If we add spaces between roots we get: "Geburtstagsgeschenk" = "Geburt‿s‿tag‿s‿Geschenk" (the "s"-es there don't mean plural, like in English, but are just joining the nouns, so it's easier to say. In the first example, the "-" is used with the same intention) So "Geburt" means "birth" "Tag" means "day" "Geschenk" means "present"/"gift" notice how in English, the noun phrase "birth day" became a single noun - "birthday" That should really give you a feel for german compound words. The same thing happened with "to day" -> "to-day" -> "today" "web site" -> "web-site" -> "website" and many others

@rogink

5 ай бұрын

@@norude OK, so Panda Diplomacy in German is just two hyphenated words, not a single compound word. What about the Danube steamboat company?

@bsadewitz

5 ай бұрын

​@@erni2619 That's intriguing. I'm not to confident about it, but my guess is "a little".

When I was studying in China, someone gave me this riddle. Q. What does Panda want, but Panda can't ever have? A. A color photograph.

@inility5772

5 ай бұрын

This .... this made my day. lol.

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

Riddle lanterns or just a plain riddle?

@scoon2117

5 ай бұрын

ha

@BrentWard-tv2lh

5 ай бұрын

What a cold joke

@ThePaperKhan

5 ай бұрын

Why would it want a color photo? Makes no sense. Should at least make some sense

I grew up in san diego and there was always a huge line to see the pandas. All they did was hide and sleep. Never wanted to wait in line and never saw the pandas lol

@phokos

4 ай бұрын

the reason that is the case is because those pandas are so mistreated and out of shape. Check the ones anywhere else and you wont find it like this

@odzergaming

4 ай бұрын

that’s pretty much what pandas so all day

@Phlegethon

4 ай бұрын

Now you never will lol

I actually like this idea instead of going to full out war, let’s slightly inconvenience each other with petty get backs till the beef gets squash

@adhiwicaksono6149

5 ай бұрын

it helps that the americans can't really took care of the Pandas either. Just like how nobody there have a home while Chinese people have four different apartment in all tiers on all different cities

@thatdamncrow9197

5 ай бұрын

@@adhiwicaksono6149i had a stroke reading this If your referring people and the housing crisis shanghai literally has the worst price to wage ratio for homes last i checked And people in china tend to live with their parents until they like marry

@touch_me.

5 ай бұрын

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@adhiwicaksono6149you do realize that china heavily censors any information that makes them look bad… right?

@davidjennings2179

5 ай бұрын

​@@thatdamncrow9197Mate, feel free to have a stroke to whatever you like (it's the internet after all, rule 34 exists) but you don't need to tell us all about it 😬 Agree on the china housing crisis though. Whilst there are lots of empty homes they're also overpriced for most people and built to continually inflate that housing bubble.

@anokata-kd8oc

5 ай бұрын

Certainly, but first give my something useful and second don't lend it, gift it. I don't need useless leases.

Majority of the public: “China is taking back our local pandas” HAI: Here is how they will do it… logistically

@birdyashiro1226

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmiCprZ-d8-sibw.htmlsi=wx-9ABvAGuqE8A5B

I was a little kid when the chapultepec zoo panda was born, and it was such a big deal that even a pop song was writen about it... i never understood why, but i guess, "it is the one panda not own by China" kind of justifies it

@Toastybees

5 ай бұрын

Nope, if you ask China literally all pandas are owned by them regardless of where they were born.

@4rtie

5 ай бұрын

​@@Toastybeesbut, legally speaking, that is not the case. The Chapultepec panda is the child of gifted pandas rather than loaned ones, and there is no contract binding it to China.

@FutianMarket

5 ай бұрын

Yuri - Osito Panda lol.

@user-ul2br7sg4d

5 ай бұрын

@@4rtiehowever, it still belongs to China😅

Hell yeah Mexico mentioned!! Also I didn't know the panda we have here is actually ours, what a privilege!! He got here before I was born but fun fact the panda had a song written about him that even now 30+ years later makes us cry. He's a complete delight and the star of the zoo

@teejayman215

5 ай бұрын

Maybe you need to pay attention more. They literally just said it's a she.

@Dwtdman

5 ай бұрын

It's a cartel panda with fent trade

@ItsTomcatTuesday

5 ай бұрын

@@teejayman215 oh no! someone misgendered a panda! we're doomed!

@chrrycola2717

5 ай бұрын

@@looseNjoocylol get out of here bootlicker

@clementpoon120

5 ай бұрын

​@@teejayman215you have better things to do than this

So Pandas are basically like the ultimate coffee loyalty card. Trade a trillion dollars five time with China to unlock a panda on your 6th purchase.

@sirBrouwer

5 ай бұрын

but in this case you have to maintain the loyalty points on the card or you will have to return the product.

@sdizzzzzy3509

5 ай бұрын

@@sirBrouwerloyalty points and dont forget your social score

@LineOfThy

5 ай бұрын

@@sdizzzzzy3509 wait until that's actually a thing first.

@birdyashiro1226

4 ай бұрын

kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmiCprZ-d8-sibw.htmlsi=wx-9ABvAGuqE8A5B

@kristoffer3000

4 ай бұрын

@@sdizzzzzy3509 You mean the thing that never actually existed and was just a western propaganda fever dream?

So the first pandas loaned to the USA essentially got named the "Panda McPandaface" of the time?

Aint no way that plane is actually called Panda Express thats hilarious

@AltonV

5 ай бұрын

It is called panda express

@dindog22

5 ай бұрын

@@AltonV they should paint a picture of General Tso's Chicken on the side of the plane

@GreatJO

5 ай бұрын

@@dindog22 I am a 30 year old Chinese, the first time I heard of General Tso's Chicken was from American TV series.

@bsadewitz

5 ай бұрын

@@GreatJO I had always assumed that it was an American-Chinese dish (?) I really don't know, but this is another data point.

@siljeff2708

5 ай бұрын

@@dindog22 When a panda isn't on the plane, the name reverts to Orange Chicken Bowl

Things that excite Sam: - Planes - Logistics - F1 - Buc-ee’s - *Pandas*

@heidirabenau511

4 ай бұрын

BRICKS

As someone who used to work at the national zoo, everyone in every exhibit other than the pandas hated the pandas, the exhibit I worked at, the i Invertebrates house, which represents 97% of all species, got closed permanently while the panda enclosure got expanded.

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

Well, pandas are a pawn in US and China diplomacy, so it is what it is. Sorry for your invertebrates house. My favorite invertebrates are octos, pistol and mantis shrimp, and those ninja camo insects, especially the flower praying mantis. Have a nice day!

@Pwn3dbyth3n00b

5 ай бұрын

As a DMV resident I hate how much funding gets diverted to Pandas and the political leverage theyre used for meanwhile China continues to destroy their habitat causing them to become more endangered while we waste money on their breeding and conservation programs as China continues to push them to extinction.

@bsadewitz

5 ай бұрын

Invertebrates have always had the numbers; perhaps it's time they grow a spine and advocate for themselves. I had to. I'm sorry--I just had to. It's a personal problem. You're right about everything. I just couldn't help myself.

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

@@bsadewitz OH MY GOD

@bsadewitz

5 ай бұрын

@@underscoredfrisk it hurts so good

The two adult pandas here in Atlanta are actually still ours until late 2024, not this December.

@Sandy33569

5 ай бұрын

Yeah I think some are still looking at some of the earlier news and I see just last month there was an update that it will be sometime in 2024.

my favorite thing about xi's visit to california was him apparently inviting some friends to a private dinner, friends he made in Iowa when he was a relatively minor official over there in the 80s. Iowa just charms the pants of communists i guess, Khrushchev also had made some buddies in Iowa

@ericw.1620

5 ай бұрын

Makes sense, Communists are supposed to be all about the working class.

China should have never sent any panda out. They are too precious. Given the plight of YaYa in Memphis zoo you can see that sometimes they are victims of melicious treatment too. Glad YaYa was able to return to China and happily rehabilitated. Shame on Memphis zoo.

he seemed so exited in the intro that i thought it was an ad

@lewisblackwiththenicehair

5 ай бұрын

He was so exited he left the room

My girlfriend's dad works at the memphis FedEx headquarters! He was the person in charge of the line maintenance checks for the airplane carrying these pandas! He was very proud of himself for helping get these pandas where they needed to go safely!

A number of years ago the Henry Doorly Zoo in Omaha, Nebraska was next on the list of American zoos to get pandas. They went through the process but the Chinese authorities kept making increasingly large demands. Around that time, a delegation from Taiwan was going to visit Nebraska to sign a letter of intent for grain purchases Nebraska’s Governor. The Chinese side told the Omaha zoo that if they didn’t get the Governor to cancel the signing then they wouldn’t get the pandas. The Henry Doorly Zoo had enough by that point and gave up trying to get pandas.

@frayzard

5 ай бұрын

I actually live near that zoo, I remember going there around 2015 and seeing all these signs and construction, there was this huge red banner announcing the pandas. Obviously they never came so now the area has some savanna animals, the main feature are elephants iirc

@greatplainsman3662

5 ай бұрын

Awesome zoo!

@taralynn3868

4 ай бұрын

@@frayzardthat was actually to announce the red pandas, which are now in that big “Asian animals” area near the back!

@noirekuroraigami2270

4 ай бұрын

Ahh china should have sued in US courts, it would have got a lot farther

@youarebeingtrolled6954

4 ай бұрын

That's why nobody cares

So many amazing pundas in this video. Well done Sam & team!

@underscoredfrisk

5 ай бұрын

*eye roll* hehe i still chuckled

Edinburgh Zoo has just returned its pair after a three year delay because of the pandemic delaying their scheduled return in 2020.

I feel like the National Zoo should devote more resources towards other animals. With the amount of tourists visiting there should be a bigger celebration of North American wildlife. Not to mention how many first class zoos do just fine without Pandas.

Went to the national zoo this summer as part of a DC trip, got a last look at the pandas without even knowing they were on their way out. It's sad they're going but it's more sad that all the infrastructure and devotion of the team at the zoo might be wasted. People don't work in zoos for the money, they do it for the passion. It sucks that they might lose out for politics.

@tessat338

4 ай бұрын

I'm pretty sure that we'll get more pandas eventually. We had a gap for a year after Hsing Hsing died. Eventually we got Tian Tian and Mei Xian, who went on to produce four healthy cubs who are all now back at Wolong.

@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

@@tessat338 Some of your fellow countryfolk might have jinxed that though with their social media posts in regard to the Memphis (I think) pandas claiming that they were being abused and demanding China take them back - seemed to be something to do with internal politics given the number of times politicians names were mentioned - democrat and republican - and the pandas were a means to an end. Seems to have ceased once they returned to China and China confirmed that they WEREN'T abused, the male died from natural causes and the female was suffering from a relatively commons skin complaint which the zoo had been successfully treating (says something when China has to come to the aid of a US zoo who were being accused of abusing animals and all by know-it=alls on social media who DON'T know what they are talking about anyway). That certainly seemed to put a damper on things and it left a nasty taste in the mouth as well reading all the abusive comments on the internet.

@6Euphoria6

2 ай бұрын

Oh rlly? Than why is Xiao QiJi so scared of the zookeepers? Ive never seen a cub scared like that. Just look at Everland zoo. FuBao loves her grandpas! MengLan cried and refuse to eat when he reunited with his childhood nanny. Why is Xiao QiJi scared?

@6Euphoria6

2 ай бұрын

​​​@@ABC1701A China NEVER confirmed ur lies. Memphis CLAIMED they weren't. YaYa's transformation after going back to China is evidence. Even ur ally Taiwan thinks ur abusing pandas

Funny anectode about Pandas - The first Czech prezident V. Havel (in office 1989 - 2003) was huge friend of Dalailama and whenever Dalailama came to visit him in Prague, Tibetian flags would flood the whole of czech republic, people would put them in windows and even some cities would officially put them out. So we got no Pandas from china. Then in 2013 big populist Babis became prime minister and said that he will get us pandas. Instead of solving huge problems which our country had and still has. He and his Mayor of Prague that time Krnacova kept both promising how they will get us some pandas instead of focusing on real politcis. And when Chinesse dicta- I mean president came to visit Prague in spring of 2016 it looked really promising. Krnacova stated that "There will be Panda in Prague". But guess who came to visit the Fall of the same year. Thats right, in the fall of 2016 (half a year after chineses dictator) the Dalailama himself came to visit Prague ones more - for the last time actually. And a huge wave of pro Tibetian and pro dalailama sentiment rose up. Our goverment at the time tried to put our officiall statements how "Czech republic respects Chinas whole-state policy" and stuff like that. And they treid to make up with China as they could but it was too late. China was furious and stated that this is outrageous and so on and so on. And they did what China is ussually doing. But the Czech pro dailalama mood was too strang. Many of the Czech reasonable politic figures met with his holiness and took pictures. Many Tibetian flags were flying high. And a huge wave of solidarity with Dailalama and Tibet was present in the public space. And guess what happened with the Pandas. No Pandas. Babis was sad (not really, he stole bilions for his enterpises) and Krnacova was sad. Our prezident at that time Zeman (pro chinesse/russian puppet) even flew to China. But it was no good. China doesnt like Czech republics view of the history. So we have no Pandas:) And we are very happy so 💪🇨🇿🌄

@lagrangewei

4 ай бұрын

why are you such a hater? it not good to be racist.

@noirekuroraigami2270

4 ай бұрын

Czechs suck

@ims3312

4 ай бұрын

So, what is the Czech‘s view on history? And what kind of animal is Dalai Lama? Is it cute?

@kristoffer3000

4 ай бұрын

So you get fed a distorted view of history instead of objective reality, gotcha. Are all dictators democratically elected and do none of them hold absolute power? Because that seems to be the Anglosphere view of dictators

In the mid-6th century CE, two monks, with the support of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I, acquired and smuggled living silkworms into the Byzantine Empire, which led to the establishment of an indigenous Byzantine silk industry that long held a silk monopoly in Europe.

@TheRealPentigan

5 ай бұрын

Unfortunately I do not believe pandas will be able to fit in a walking stick.

I am from San Diego and I was so sad when the pandas left our zoo. I miss them. The exhibit now doesn’t feel the same

I saw the menphis pandas only a month or two before they left. They looked depressed.

@tncorgi92

5 ай бұрын

I lived in Memphis once. I can totally understand.

@6Euphoria6

2 ай бұрын

The transformation YaYa got after going back to China!

This sounds very similar to how dolphins and whales are shipped as well. Something also to add is that the time of actual moving of the animals is usually kept as a pretty close secret except to those people who are directly involved in it, mostly due to organizations like PETA. It also usually happens in the middle of the night, both to help avoid getting stuck in things like traffic jams, which could distress the animals, as well as to make it harder to attract protesters.

@Matt-bp5vy

4 ай бұрын

Well imagine what would happen if PETA instead of just killing pets would actually kill a panda.

Thanks Sam im feeling jet lagged due to my flight to Boise, Illinois from Seattle, washington so this really helped me

@tncorgi92

5 ай бұрын

We're there any pandas on your flight?

@bigfish3846

5 ай бұрын

Jet lagged from a 1 hour difference?

@Omegatonboom

5 ай бұрын

What is happening? 😂

@unw2000

5 ай бұрын

GUYS HE SAID THE THING

You can't ignore the fact that Pandas do look adorable.

you started this vid out with so much energy I had to double take haha

Scotland lost our 2 pandas this year :( guess that’s the way things go with Pandaplomacy though

I like how they’re so concerned about their pandas but absolutely TRASH the atmosphere and don’t give a second thought to it.

5:22 I like to think I'm used to the animation comedy going on on this channel, but that cursor yeeting a panda out a tree broke me

Absolutely love your videos and I learn SO MUCH from you. Not all would be strictly relevant as I'm in Europe (Ireland) but great none the less. One thing I will never ever understand is how metric (mm's) can ever be viewed as more complicated than imperial. I understand a lack of familiarity but there just is no argument that a decimalized system (1000mm = 1meter, etc). I can't see the USA ever upgrading though, if only due to people's lack of familiarity / fluency! Thanks again for all your great content

@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

At least if we want to see a panda or dozen there are plenty of other European zoos that have them although Scotland's have just returned to China. It would be nice if Dublin or Cork got pandas but I suspect the cost would outweigh any added income. Thinking about a visit to France shortly, they had a baby panda born recently.

When you mentioned panda ambassador and played the slow mo clip of the guy with the panda mask dancing, I almost fell off my chair. Thank you.

There was also rumors that alleges the Memphis Zoo did not take care of the pandas properly, where it was shown the pandas were as thin as a carpet

@KesiIshtar

5 ай бұрын

I used to live there and I swear they kept them in their feeding rooms way more than they should have. They always looked kinda...ratty? And I never once saw them in the outdoor play enclosure even though I went to the zoo all the time (my art school was right next to it)

@deepseer

5 ай бұрын

Chinese authorities debunked this rumor but some netizens refuse to believe.

@mentalchild360

5 ай бұрын

Idk whenever I saw them, they looked normal

@Cucumber_Dragon

4 ай бұрын

@@mentalchild360 well, on the Chinese social media BiliBili, there were videos being shared around which the pandas is…y’know

Feels like the editors had fun with the stock footage and pandas on this one.

Solid and fact-filled 7 minutes 36 seconds of video. I didn't know about the subject of Panda diplomacy and now feel I have a solid understanding, thank you for sharing this highly interesting subject. Perhaps it will become very important at some future point.

The start was the first time I heard Sam sound happy

I already knew most of this, but all of the PUNdas were so worth it lol

Heh heh Panda Express… orange chicken any one???

@tncorgi92

5 ай бұрын

I like the Kung Pao Chicken

@rateater598

5 ай бұрын

fart huffer

The UK doesn't have a panda as of the upload of this. They were returned on 4 December 2023.

I love a story with a happy ending, whole video made me laugh and had me super intrigued. The FedEx Panda Express... jokes really do write themselves

I’ve actually never heard Sam be happy before

@Keylevitation

4 ай бұрын

He sounded so squeaky that for a second I thought it was a completely different person

We’ve never had giant pandas in our local zoo, but we have red pandas, which are cuter, climb trees and regularly just leave the enclosure because there’s no actual thing stopping them from walking off, and going to hang out with the otters. Not as bad as the orangutans, who in theory are contained, but in practise view any barrier as a challenge and have broken out of not only the enclosure but the zoo, more than once, and in total kidnapping one toddler (I think she wanted her baby orangutan to have a friend?? They got a kilometre away)

@bepamungkas

5 ай бұрын

Orangutans are adventurers, they love to roam because apart from seeking out diet variety, it also help them maintain their dexterity which is detrimental in their survivability. But the fact that they kidnap a toddler shows that they already considered the zoo their home. So there's that.

@wilh3lmmusic

5 ай бұрын

Fun fact: red pandas were called panda first

@kwowka

5 ай бұрын

@@bepamungkas ‘oh yeah they stole a baby from their parent’s arms but hey! They consider the zoo home! :)) ‘ Doesn’t surprise me though they were all born there.

@ims3312

4 ай бұрын

Do you know how the red panda attacks? They make a French military salute.

@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

@@wilh3lmmusic Panda basically means ''bamboo eater'' hence the defining red, black and white or brown and white.

Never been this early. I love you, Sam! Fab channel. Thank you

Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜

Sam sounds so much more animated in this video.

You sure know how to panda-r to your audience with cute animals, Sam.

@joseville

5 ай бұрын

Do you feel bamboozled?

@Derf1OO

5 ай бұрын

@@joseville I can’t bear these puns

@brightlineflorida1221

4 ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂

5:41 Oh hey my family has that exact SD Zoo map as a placemat from when we were there in 2011

Minecraft is about to lose its pandas.

This video completely missed the massive situation at Memphis zoo where a panda died and a second was in terrible condition. That was the reason why China took the pandas back.

@zoltek9001

5 ай бұрын

That was more an excuse. If China cared about the condition of the pandas they would have recalled them long ago, and only the ones having problems. This is entirely political.

@dan-bz7dz

5 ай бұрын

@@zoltek9001 Maybe they did not know the gravity of the situation until one of them died. But yeah, you hate China. I get it.

@jason200912

5 ай бұрын

If they cared then they'd have visited the dang panda and ask how much bamboo they buy per shipment

@jason200912

5 ай бұрын

@@jamiefitzpatrick4377 they means the zoo, not the panda filling out an order form

@mecha37000fighter

5 ай бұрын

No rational thought allowed when it comes to "enemy" nations

I thought the coin shit was some inside joke Sam threw into the video. Damn, the bots are fucking ruthless. KZread really needs to do sth sbt it.

@Nooticus

4 ай бұрын

for real

The "Eats Shoots, Leaves" headline sounds like an angry restaurant patron.

A Wendover AND a HAI video uploaded within 2 hours of each other? Is it Xmas again?

I assume Taiwan is cooking up some kind of breeding plan to establish a competing Panda leasing business

@shiyian

5 ай бұрын

They are kind of notoriously difficult to breed

@dan-bz7dz

5 ай бұрын

@@shiyian And they only have two. Inbreeding isn't gonna work

"You lost your panda license privileges"

The Ben Doyle energy in the intro is exemplary. And to think, it’s just the tip of the bamboo.

By the time this was recorded they were grounded at my city in Alaska due to weather it was crazy and was a big deal when it took off

Holy hell the bots are making comments unusable...

You failed to mention the condition of some of the pandas America was keeping, particularly in Memphis where one died and another was in a completely bedraggled state before it was returned to China!

@dan-bz7dz

5 ай бұрын

Which is probably the number one reason they don't gift them

@jaykafei4815

5 ай бұрын

Wendover and half is interesting is great but completely biased against China, you see it through so many of their comments on the jet lag shows and podcasts.

@dan-bz7dz

5 ай бұрын

@@jaykafei4815 Most westerners read fake news that just parrots US propaganda. I know because I'm European and I'm constantly subjected to it

@vylbird8014

5 ай бұрын

The story is a bit more interesting than that. A panda did die, yes. Le Le. Died from heart disease, at the age of 24. Giant panda lifespan is 20-30 years. It wasn't a death of neglect - it was just natural causes for an aging panda. The interesting part comes afterwards. As US-China relations were not good at that point, China's state propaganda engine seized upon the event and produced a flood of reporting describing how American zoos were neglecting and abusing their pandas. Their online operations followed, flooding social media with similar stories - supported by combing years of photographs to find any in which the pandas looked at their worst. Including some from Chinese zoos.

@jaykafei4815

5 ай бұрын

True but I think the majority of that was just from people online seeing the images and jumping to conclusions. What I was trying to point out is that it's very strange how they didn't even mention this in the video.@@vylbird8014

US weaponizing everything in its power to crush China and its economy:🥰 China taking back their pandas, US: 😨

Saw the panda Express in HNL a couple weeks ago

Holy shit, I have *never* seen SO MANY bots in one comment section

Is it because I have no sleep or does he always sound like this

@Selunei

5 ай бұрын

You're not alone. I came to the comments to see what was up because in the beginning he sounded like someone else. He must be sick.

I grew up within walking distance of the UK’s only pandas in Scotland (only saw them about twice) and now after 13 years they’re gone

Pandas are so rare that they make front page news any time a new one is born. For a day at least it's world wide Pandamonium. I'll see myself out.

To be fair. China thinks Taiwan belongs to them, so technically to China it’s still theirs!

@kristoffer3000

4 ай бұрын

The US also thinks that, much like the rest of the world apart from a handful of micronations and people that have been fed nothing but propaganda all their lives and lack any form of critical thinking skills.

I think an issue is that the Panda costs a lot in upkeep I read from somewhere that zoos need to import bamboo to feed them Itd be alright when times are good which isnt necessarily true now

@UncommonElevators

4 ай бұрын

No, bamboo can grow in most parts of the US and is considered an invasive species. Sam mentioned in the video that volunteers grow it in their backyards.

@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

@@UncommonElevators But pandas can be picky eaters and if they don't like the bamboo that is in season - such as now in Korea at least - then the keepers have problems.

@user-wx5dl1mc3v

Ай бұрын

One million dollars per panda per year plus paying for bamboo vet and else.

this was fascinating

America may never have a panda again

@thedukeofchutney468

5 ай бұрын

Well it all depends. If the CCP loses power due to the failing economy and (more importantly failing birthrate) in China then who knows what could happen.

The scariest thing about the spambots is they're using stolen accounts from hacked users.... Reporting them is even more important now

@All2Skitzd

5 ай бұрын

Too busy shadow-banning real comments.

@vylbird8014

5 ай бұрын

I'm trying, but this AMS49K is everywhere. What's the use of reporting a post every few seconds for ten minutes when the spammer can make hundreds of posts a second around the clock?

@zwerko

5 ай бұрын

Google/YT could easily tackle that problem, not really sure why they won't do it... I sense a Solomon solution: they'll start charging for API access, this would severely maim the bots ability to spam, but also alternate ad-free versions of the YT app, killing two birds with one stone...

@vylbird8014

5 ай бұрын

@@zwerkoAPI access isn't essential for spamming. A spammer can just reverse-engineer the web interface.

Quite sad to say that Australia’s only two Pandas, Wang Wang and Fu Ni at Adelaide Zoo, are set to be returned in late 2024. Hopefully we can work out a lease renewal or something but that’s already happened once and our relationship with China here is about as up and down as it is for the US. 🐼

@ymhktravel

4 ай бұрын

Why are the West and USA so obsessed with pandas? I've been to the Chengdu Panda Reserve in China to see all I want and that was enough. I don't need to visit a 2nd time unless I so happen to be there again. So I never visited my own country's zoo to see the leased panda because I've already done it in its original home in China.

@iampetz

4 ай бұрын

​@@ymhktravel A lot of people don't have the opportunity to visit them in their natural habitats, so zoos are their only ways to witness one "irl".

@redhongkong

4 ай бұрын

@@ymhktravel i think most ppl dont even have a passport. if i remember correctly, theres like more than 50% of north american who never travel abroad. hence the reason why they are so bad at geography

@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

@@ymhktravel You think the west is obsessed, most of Japan's pandas recently returned to China and their fans make a monthly pilgrimage to visit them while fans in Korea of the most handsome male black/white panda in the world not to mention the most beautiful Ai and her equally beautiful daughter Fu (who returns to China later this year, she is 3 and a chunk now) plus her absolutely adorable twins (Rui and Hui born last August/September time) put the west to shame. Mind you, a fair few of us from outside Korea (basically from the rest of the world) also follow the Bao family online so the interest seems to be universal. But did you know there are two separate species of panda (black/white and brown/white), there is only one brown/white bear in captivity (found badly injured as a baby and handed in to the local zoo), that the black/white pandas have the skull shape of a normal bear while the brown/white panda skulls are feline in shape and one has smaller teeth but a stronger bite/jaw and the other species has larger teeth but a weaker bite/jaw.

So, Washington D.C. is Cordelia and San Diego is Goneril? Even though King Lear is my favorite Shakespeare play and I appreciate the reference, as a San Diegan I’m not sure I like the comparison. But, I’m glad we might be getting the pandas.

Anyone who saw how the Memphis Zoo treated their pandas would call for the return of all pandas from the US.

I only watched half of the video.

@AnonymousFreakYT

5 ай бұрын

Was it fully interesting, or only a quarter interesting?

those are CN's Pandas, NOT US!

I'm feel like the videoclip at 1:33 is from the Zoológico del Centenario of Mérida, Yucatán in Mexico. I think I've seen that habitat before

I am pretty certain Canada also has leased pandas, although it doesn't show on the highlighted map

Be interesting to see what China would do if a country refused to return them.

@EnigmaticLucas

5 ай бұрын

Probably depends on the country

@DrSeniorMilminaman

5 ай бұрын

The Chinese have figured out that foreigners love pandas, so they're a national treasures in the eyes of the Chinese just because foreigners are stupid enough to want these stupid things. I'd assume war, as the Chinese want as many bidding chips to gain privileges with as many other countries for trade and such.

@angsern8455

5 ай бұрын

At least no more pandas

@lizhongshen

5 ай бұрын

Panda only lives up to 30 years, most of foreign zoos rent them from age of 3 to 23.

@proudgoan

5 ай бұрын

A more interesting question is: (if the shoe were on the other foot) Would China have sent the Pandas back if another country had asked it to?

I wonder if this video is about panda’s

The stock footage of the guy with the panda head sent me

seeing how hard it is to keep them alive, pretty sure the species wants to die out at this point.

So many bots

As an American panda super fan, it makes me so sad to think we’ll likely be without pandas soon. Pandas are a valuable means of diplomatic exchange. We don’t agree with China on much right now, but we can all agree that we love pandas and want to conserve their habitat, and that’s a start to better diplomatic relations, in my opinion. Furthermore, pandas are a means of cultural education! I’ve learned so much about Chinese culture, as well as the cultures of all the nations that have pandas, thanks to my fellow panda fans on social media.

@RealFroggo

4 ай бұрын

sucks to suck lmao

@dddgaming885

4 ай бұрын

​@@RealFroggo hold this L you lowlife troll

@birdyashiro1226

4 ай бұрын

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@ABC1701A

4 ай бұрын

Do you follow the Bao family in Korea by any chance? I discovered pandas through them when young Fu was born just over 3 years ago, until then I hadn't bothered much with pandas but she and FuHin in Japan were both born during the pandemic and lured me in. I am now a firm Princess Fu fan (won't go into the absolute gorgeous bundles that are the Princesses Hui and Rui) while Mr Le Bao himself is the most handsome panda in the world.

They do dabble in getting along... dont they

man this vid should just be called “Pandiplomacy”

Actually, the "L" in "both" is silent. So "both" is pronounced "both." Not "boLth."

I wish Philippines and China will reconcile and have friends again. Yes filipinos love pandas.

@emmanuelroyhipe8181

5 ай бұрын

If we had Pandas, the courier service that delivers their food will be the FoodPanda.

@jancelabobo8238

5 ай бұрын

This comment is like saying: ”I wish the victim and his/her rapist will reconcile and be friends again. Yes, the victim loves toxic relationships"

@weregarurumon3202

5 ай бұрын

rip economy trying to pay the lease

@bicillenium4019

5 ай бұрын

@@jancelabobo8238That was a China that doesn’t exist anymore. Besides, the westerners countries actually did invade and attack the Philippines, so why should the Philippines be amicable with the west then?

@dan-bz7dz

5 ай бұрын

@@jancelabobo8238 You mean the US that colonized the Philippines? When did China colonize the Philippines? That's right, never. You're the abuser.

Hey H3 and the Ethan and frenemies are now HAI Lore nice

@Nooticus

4 ай бұрын

LITERALLY i thought no one else noticed!! the H3 and Wendover/HAI crossover clearly isnt very big lmao

THE PANDAS ARE LEAVING

I'm imagining how th conversation about the pandas went with Joe and Xi. "Cut the shit Xi! Let's discuss what we came here for, pandas!" "Alright Joe, I got some pandas for you, fat fluffy pandas! The people are gonna love them Joe!"

@tncorgi92

5 ай бұрын

More like "The people are going to scream at them and throw plastic bottles into their habitat, because people are idiots."

@Hypogean7

5 ай бұрын

Cringe

I remember going to the panda exhibit in 2003 in San Diego. one of the pandas had given birth and the staff wouldn't let anyone take pictures or talk above a whisper

@saf2127

5 ай бұрын

The San Diego panda enforcers were definitely intense, but for a good purpose! I appreciated how they always had at least one staff member there enforcing visitor behavior to avoid upsetting the pandas. It’s their home and they deserve to be comfortable. 🐼💕

@redhongkong

4 ай бұрын

taking photo is not the issue. problem is due to ppl kept forgetting to turn off flash, thats why sometimes its easier for keeper to say no.

we need more pandas in this video

what if we just… kept the pandas? what are they gonna do, invade us?

@Br-gv1yl

Ай бұрын

Please don't be stupid

Everyone ignore all the comments about AMS49K, it's just bots trying to scam you.

@ohkatehadley

5 ай бұрын

I just reported every single one in this comment section.

@zwerko

5 ай бұрын

Almost reported your comment 😅 I imagine HAI will do search & delete / block on that keyword at one point. It's wild that YT can't figure out how to keep these bots outside of their platform... I guess important things like removing the dislike button always take a precedence...

Thank you Sam for this video, which is fully interesting instead of half, as advertised in the name. Here in London there isn't even a remote possibility to see a Panda Bear. I don't agree with the act of loaning Panda bears on the basis of a political tuning between the CCP and the Nation hosting the animals. Also, I don't understand why no-one else in the world isn't breeding Pandas. Happy New Year, Sam! Anthony

@Bigrignohio

5 ай бұрын

How can they breed pandas . . . without pandas? And to GET pandas they have to agree to the terms.

@rennoc6478

5 ай бұрын

Because china owns them all excluding 4

@barryfraser831

5 ай бұрын

Frankly its partially because pandas are almost impossible to breed. Pandas have extremely low libido and thus takes extreme effort to force them to actually make a baby panda. So even breeding pandas isn't super possible.

@livwake

5 ай бұрын

They tried IVF in Edinburgh for 13 years but nothing took

Glad I went to see the ones in Atlanta before they leave

Amy actually cooked on this script