@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
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
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
@@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
@@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.
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!
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
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
@@OrbObserverbut, 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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
@@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.
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?
@@MayYourGodGoWithYou 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
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.
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.
In 2018 China loaned two pandas to Finland for 15 years contract, and now, only after 6 years later Finland must break that contract because their Zoo dont have afford maintain that huge expenses. I made vide0 of it just today.
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
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.
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.
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)
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.
@@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.
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.
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 💪🇨🇿🌄
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
Waiit a minute... if we breed one of the pandas not owned by the Chinese government with another panda, owned by it, will the government only own half of the panda? Can you pay half the lease? If it's twins, can you keep one and give the other back to China? If we make 4 breeding pairs, created from 2 unrelated independent pandas in Taiwan and Mexico, and some 2 other ones, could it help establish an independent population of pandas, out of government control?
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
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.
@@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.
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)
Very conviniently left out the panda that died of neglegence in memphis and the other one very malnourished. That might have something to do with China no longer wanna rent their pandas?
Please pay attention to Fubao. In China, where pandas are said to be a national treasure, they have not opened their fubao to the public, only causing controversy. Please protect Fubao #savefubao
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
Man, I feel bad for the pandas! They probably just want to their lives their own way like us humans do. If they were born and grew up in captivity they probably won't survive for long in the wild because they never truly learned to hunt/forage and defend themselves. But then that means they'll have to stay in captivity, sadly. I guess as long as they get more room wherever they go in China than they do in non-Chinese zoos it's not the worst thing. I just always feel bad for the animals when humans use them as like presents and/or just completely try to take control of their lives, as if the animals don't want freedom like people do
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.
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!"
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...
Didnt really ever think about how Pandas are a wildly unique "import/export" i almost understand why china is so paranoid about having a monopoly on them
해외 판다들은 워싱턴조약에 따라 계약기간이 끝나면 모두 중국으로 돌아갑니다. 아기 판다들은 4살 전에 가야 하구요. 그런데 국보인 중국에서 반환된 판다들을 학대, 접객, 비위생적인 관리를 하고 있습니다. 4월에 중국으로 간 한국판다 푸바오도 학대와 접객을 당하고 있습니다. 언젠간 우리의 판다들이 겪을 고통을 멈추게 할 글로벌 서명에 참여 부탁드립니다. "save fubao"
Fubao was treated like a royalty in Korea. The entire Bao panda family is well cared for. In fact, the keepers loved the pandas like their own children. Lucky baby pandas. I hope they get to stay in Korea for a long time.
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?
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
I think you forgot to mention how YaYa and LeLe were not given the best care Memphis could’ve provided. YaYa’s health significantly improved after it got back to China. Abundant video footages have proved that.
Referring to two pandas as "idiots", the plane being called the Panda Express... man, there's a lot of gold in this script.
Well, the FedEx Panda Express is its actual name painted on the plane. Sam didnt do it, the jokes just write themselves.
Just aslo thought that Pan-Dee and Pan-Dah are HAI jokes but it was their real name.
@@underscoredfrisk I wonder if the restaurant chain named Panda Express made use of that free marketing tool.
@@emmanities24 Most creative 11 year old
@@sirBrouwer Yes Panda Express is actually one of the sponsors and donors to the panda in Mexico City at least.
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.
This .... this made my day. lol.
Riddle lanterns or just a plain riddle?
ha
What a cold joke
Why would it want a color photo? Makes no sense. Should at least make some sense
Whoever wrote Japandaplomacy deserves a raise
I wonder if this is a similar feeling to how German compound words feel to Germans xD
Common Amy W
@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
@@norude OK, so Panda Diplomacy in German is just two hyphenated words, not a single compound word. What about the Danube steamboat company?
@@erni2619 That's intriguing. I'm not to confident about it, but my guess is "a little".
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
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
that’s pretty much what pandas so all day
Now you never will lol
SaveFubao #PROTECT FUBAO
please pay attention to fubao.. please help Fubao.
please listen our voice about fubao. help Fubao
They didn't wait in line to see you either.
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
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
@@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
@@adhiwicaksono6149you do realize that china heavily censors any information that makes them look bad… right?
@@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.
Certainly, but first give my something useful and second don't lend it, gift it. I don't need useless leases.
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!
Majority of the public: “China is taking back our local pandas”
HAI: Here is how they will do it… logistically
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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
Maybe you need to pay attention more. They literally just said it's a she.
It's a cartel panda with fent trade
@@teejayman215 oh no! someone misgendered a panda! we're doomed!
@@teejayman215you have better things to do than this
OSITO PANDA
AUN NO ANDAS
So the first pandas loaned to the USA essentially got named the "Panda McPandaface" of the time?
Things that excite Sam:
- Planes
- Logistics
- F1
- Buc-ee’s
- *Pandas*
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.
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!
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.
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.
@@bsadewitz OH MY GOD
@@underscoredfrisk it hurts so good
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
Nope, if you ask China literally all pandas are owned by them regardless of where they were born.
@@OrbObserverbut, 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.
Yuri - Osito Panda lol.
@@4rtiehowever, it still belongs to China😅
SaveFubao #PROTECT FUBAO
please pay attention to fubao.. please help Fubao.
please listen our voice about fubao. help Fubao
The two adult pandas here in Atlanta are actually still ours until late 2024, not this December.
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.
Aint no way that plane is actually called Panda Express thats hilarious
It is called panda express
@@AltonV they should paint a picture of General Tso's Chicken on the side of the plane
@@dindog22 I am a 30 year old Chinese, the first time I heard of General Tso's Chicken was from American TV series.
@@GreatJO I had always assumed that it was an American-Chinese dish (?) I really don't know, but this is another data point.
@@dindog22 When a panda isn't on the plane, the name reverts to Orange Chicken Bowl
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
Makes sense, Communists are supposed to be all about the working class.
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.
but in this case you have to maintain the loyalty points on the card or you will have to return the product.
@@sirBrouwerloyalty points and dont forget your social score
@@sdiz3509 wait until that's actually a thing first.
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@@sdiz3509 You mean the thing that never actually existed and was just a western propaganda fever dream?
So many amazing pundas in this video. Well done Sam & team!
*eye roll*
hehe i still chuckled
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.
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
Awesome zoo!
@@frayzardthat was actually to announce the red pandas, which are now in that big “Asian animals” area near the back!
Ahh china should have sued in US courts, it would have got a lot farther
That's why nobody cares
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.
he seemed so exited in the intro that i thought it was an ad
He was so exited he left the room
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.
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.
@@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.
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?
@@MayYourGodGoWithYou 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
Edinburgh Zoo has just returned its pair after a three year delay because of the pandemic delaying their scheduled return in 2020.
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
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.
Unfortunately I do not believe pandas will be able to fit in a walking stick.
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
You can't ignore the fact that Pandas do look adorable.
Red Pandas are better
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.
Well imagine what would happen if PETA instead of just killing pets would actually kill a panda.
20 years ago panda are delivery in noon with police guards, show off their zoo got pandas 😂
In 2018 China loaned two pandas to Finland for 15 years contract, and now, only after 6 years later Finland must break that contract because their Zoo dont have afford maintain that huge expenses. I made vide0 of it just today.
Thanks Sam im feeling jet lagged due to my flight to Boise, Illinois from Seattle, washington so this really helped me
We're there any pandas on your flight?
Jet lagged from a 1 hour difference?
What is happening? 😂
GUYS HE SAID THE THING
I saw the menphis pandas only a month or two before they left. They looked depressed.
I lived in Memphis once. I can totally understand.
The transformation YaYa got after going back to China!
YaYa is better now. menphis in blocklist already 😅
I’ve actually never heard Sam be happy before
He sounded so squeaky that for a second I thought it was a completely different person
Scotland lost our 2 pandas this year :( guess that’s the way things go with Pandaplomacy though
Feels like the editors had fun with the stock footage and pandas on this one.
The UK doesn't have a panda as of the upload of this. They were returned on 4 December 2023.
I already knew most of this, but all of the PUNdas were so worth it lol
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
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.
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.
Good news! As of late July 2024, both San Diego AND Washington DC are getting pandas by the end of 2024!
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)
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.
Fun fact: red pandas were called panda first
@@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.
Do you know how the red panda attacks? They make a French military salute.
@@wilh3lmmusic Panda basically means ''bamboo eater'' hence the defining red, black and white or brown and white.
The "Eats Shoots, Leaves" headline sounds like an angry restaurant patron.
Sam sounds so much more animated in this video.
Heh heh Panda Express… orange chicken any one???
I like the Kung Pao Chicken
fart huffer
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.
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.
US weaponizing everything in its power to crush China and its economy:🥰
China taking back their pandas, US: 😨
"You lost your panda license privileges"
자이언트 판다 푸바오가 중국기지내에서 학대당하고 있습니다. 푸바오구출에 힘을보태주세요.
no its isnt theres a movie about him if you miss him
man this vid should just be called “Pandiplomacy”
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 💪🇨🇿🌄
why are you such a hater? it not good to be racist.
Czechs suck
So, what is the Czech‘s view on history?
And what kind of animal is Dalai Lama? Is it cute?
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
Joker country and people, got nothing with so many play. What Dena lama can offer you? Trade? Economy? Or pandas? 😂
you started this vid out with so much energy I had to double take haha
I thought the coin shit was some inside joke Sam threw into the video. Damn, the bots are fucking ruthless. UA-cam really needs to do sth sbt it.
for real
Waiit a minute... if we breed one of the pandas not owned by the Chinese government with another panda, owned by it, will the government only own half of the panda? Can you pay half the lease? If it's twins, can you keep one and give the other back to China? If we make 4 breeding pairs, created from 2 unrelated independent pandas in Taiwan and Mexico, and some 2 other ones, could it help establish an independent population of pandas, out of government control?
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.
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 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
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.
@@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.
One million dollars per panda per year plus paying for bamboo vet and else.
Should have called it "How to move your panda".
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
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)
Chinese authorities debunked this rumor but some netizens refuse to believe.
Idk whenever I saw them, they looked normal
@@mentalchild360 well, on the Chinese social media BiliBili, there were videos being shared around which the pandas is…y’know
Hey H3 and the Ethan and frenemies are now HAI Lore nice
LITERALLY i thought no one else noticed!! the H3 and Wendover/HAI crossover clearly isnt very big lmao
Holy shit, I have *never* seen SO MANY bots in one comment section
Very conviniently left out the panda that died of neglegence in memphis and the other one very malnourished. That might have something to do with China no longer wanna rent their pandas?
It wouldn't suit the narrative to bring facts into this
Holy hell the bots are making comments unusable...
The start was the first time I heard Sam sound happy
You sure know how to panda-r to your audience with cute animals, Sam.
Do you feel bamboozled?
@@joseville I can’t bear these puns
😂😂😂😂
Amy actually cooked on this script
Please pay attention to Fubao.
In China, where pandas are said to be a national treasure, they have not opened their fubao to the public, only causing controversy. Please protect Fubao #savefubao
Korea culture thieves, I knew your purpose. No renew of panda lease anymore. 😊
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
To be fair. China thinks Taiwan belongs to them, so technically to China it’s still theirs!
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.
Minecraft is about to lose its pandas.
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!
Which is probably the number one reason they don't gift them
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.
@@jaykafei4815 Most westerners read fake news that just parrots US propaganda. I know because I'm European and I'm constantly subjected to it
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.
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
seeing how hard it is to keep them alive, pretty sure the species wants to die out at this point.
A Wendover AND a HAI video uploaded within 2 hours of each other? Is it Xmas again?
The vibe on this video is Half As Wendover. (respectfully)
Is it because I have no sleep or does he always sound like this
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.
Man, I feel bad for the pandas! They probably just want to their lives their own way like us humans do.
If they were born and grew up in captivity they probably won't survive for long in the wild because they never truly learned to hunt/forage and defend themselves. But then that means they'll have to stay in captivity, sadly.
I guess as long as they get more room wherever they go in China than they do in non-Chinese zoos it's not the worst thing. I just always feel bad for the animals when humans use them as like presents and/or just completely try to take control of their lives, as if the animals don't want freedom like people do
America may never have a panda again
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 stock footage of the guy with the panda head sent me
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!"
More like "The people are going to scream at them and throw plastic bottles into their habitat, because people are idiots."
Cringe
The Ben Doyle energy in the intro is exemplary. And to think, it’s just the tip of the bamboo.
I assume Taiwan is cooking up some kind of breeding plan to establish a competing Panda leasing business
They are kind of notoriously difficult to breed
@@shiyian And they only have two. Inbreeding isn't gonna work
We have 2 pandas in Australia in the Adelaide zoo. At least until 2024
I like how they’re so concerned about their pandas but absolutely TRASH the atmosphere and don’t give a second thought to it.
Canada returned China's pandas due to the costs and difficulties of growing the bamboo food in COVID conditions.
Everyone ignore all the comments about AMS49K, it's just bots trying to scam you.
I just reported every single one in this comment section.
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...
Didnt really ever think about how Pandas are a wildly unique "import/export" i almost understand why china is so paranoid about having a monopoly on them
0:03 I got broads in Atlanta..
You deserve more likes.
I didn’t expect to come out of this video with knowledge that the panda from my childhood zoo is one of the four free pandas in the world lol
해외 판다들은 워싱턴조약에 따라 계약기간이 끝나면 모두 중국으로 돌아갑니다. 아기 판다들은 4살 전에 가야 하구요. 그런데 국보인 중국에서 반환된 판다들을 학대, 접객, 비위생적인 관리를 하고 있습니다. 4월에 중국으로 간 한국판다 푸바오도 학대와 접객을 당하고 있습니다. 언젠간 우리의 판다들이 겪을 고통을 멈추게 할 글로벌 서명에 참여 부탁드립니다. "save fubao"
bloodly shit
韩国人最会造谣了，福宝好得很，动物园都澄清了，欢迎你有空去成都看看福宝。
Fubao was treated like a royalty in Korea. The entire Bao panda family is well cared for. In fact, the keepers loved the pandas like their own children. Lucky baby pandas. I hope they get to stay in Korea for a long time.
Not using the term "pandemonium" in this script is a missed opportunity.
Save Fubao
Help Fubao
what if we just… kept the pandas? what are they gonna do, invade us?
Please don't be stupid
India doesn't have any panda to begin with lmao get fucked
The scariest thing about the spambots is they're using stolen accounts from hacked users.... Reporting them is even more important now
Too busy shadow-banning real comments.
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?
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...
@@zwerkoAPI access isn't essential for spamming. A spammer can just reverse-engineer the web interface.
The frenemies reference 😭 more like Windover
LITERALLY i thought no one else noticed!! the H3 and Wendover/HAI crossover clearly isnt very big lmao
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.
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.
@@zoltek9001 Maybe they did not know the gravity of the situation until one of them died. But yeah, you hate China. I get it.
If they cared then they'd have visited the dang panda and ask how much bamboo they buy per shipment
@@jamiefitzpatrick4377 they means the zoo, not the panda filling out an order form
No rational thought allowed when it comes to "enemy" nations
Never been this early. I love you, Sam! Fab channel. Thank you
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.
sucks to suck lmao
@@OfficialFroge hold this L you lowlife troll
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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.
Excellent video 👍 Thank you 💜
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
How can they breed pandas . . . without pandas? And to GET pandas they have to agree to the terms.
Because china owns them all excluding 4
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.
They tried IVF in Edinburgh for 13 years but nothing took
those are CN's Pandas, NOT US!
I think you forgot to mention how YaYa and LeLe were not given the best care Memphis could’ve provided. YaYa’s health significantly improved after it got back to China. Abundant video footages have proved that.
Agreed.
I only watched half of the video.
Was it fully interesting, or only a quarter interesting?