Panda Eats Cake (VIDEO)

Before this pair of 8-year-old giant pandas left their reserve in China to travel to a Scottish zoo, they took a minute to stuff their faces with some delicious looking cake, Reuters reported.

Yang Guang, or "Sunshine" in English, will make the journey with his female buddy "Tian Tian" aka "Sweetie," as well as their trainer, who's worked with them since they were cubs.

Yang Guang isn't the only giant panda out there with a craving for cake. Back in August, the San Diego Zoo's Yun Zi celebrated his second birthday by demolishing a large, multi-colored cake. Don't worry though, the cake was specially made out of ice and the panda's favorite vegetables.

The San Diego Zoo is "one of only four zoos in the United States which house and displays giant pandas and is the most successful program with regards to panda reproduction," according to SanDiego.com.

Despite efforts to increases their numbers, giant pandas remain extremely endangered. According to a report by the Telegraph, there are less than 2,500 giant pandas left in the wild and their natural habitat has shrunk by 50 percent in the last 20 years because of new economic development in China.

Comments

[Igor Purlantov]

05:32 PM on 12/07/2011

Very cute. I am sure the panda's enjoyed every bite.

[Imago1122]

02:46 AM on 12/07/2011

Pushing aside the cake with one of her powerful arms, Tian Tian announced: "I preg. Strange hunger. I no want cake, I want kaka..."

[LivelyLexie]

07:59 AM on 12/05/2011

He may look sweet, but he'll eat you. And then steal your bamboo and eat that, too.

[Steven Rau]

02:36 AM on 12/04/2011

Ovulation once a year, for three days. How does the species survive?

[Brianna Cole]

06:57 AM on 12/05/2011

It barely did in the wild without human interference....

[Marturia]

09:21 PM on 12/03/2011

So it was vegetable cake. I still hope they remember to floss.

[CamelPaw357]

08:01 PM on 12/03/2011

I've eaten panda. It's still available at some eateries in remote regions of China. It takes a lot like weasel. It's best as the main ingredient in a stew with vegetables and noodles.

[Brianna Cole]

06:58 AM on 12/05/2011

I like meat, all meat. And it sounds great. But I don't eat anything endangered. I think that is a good rule to follow regardless of it being a "local cuisine"....

[LivelyLexie]

08:00 AM on 12/05/2011

I don't know which sounds more strange, eating a panda or a weasel.

[bbursky]

03:36 PM on 12/03/2011

It's Cute like Newt-just kidding

[Fanny Lebowitz]

11:30 AM on 12/03/2011

I used to have a book when I was a kid called Panda Cake

[Cheyla]

11:07 AM on 12/03/2011

It's a shame that China can't honor other animal species in this way, i.e., rhinos, tigers, Moon bears, etc.

[Ossit]

02:17 PM on 12/03/2011

Rhinos aren't native to Chine, tigers aren't native to China, have no idea what this moon bear you're speaking of. No animal should be 'honored' by being put in a zoo but they are because humans just won't stop destroying habitat. Sounds like you just want to make a political dig into China, Cheyla.

[lilbit4368]

03:24 PM on 12/03/2011

Why assume that "honor" means putting them in zoos?

A moon bear is a black bear native to Korea and northeastern China and has been on a serious decline because of deforestation and hunting for it's body parts. Worldwide animals are in danger because of humans. Sadly sometimes putting them in zoos or reserves is sometimes the only way to save the species.

[tomjefferson2005]

04:00 PM on 12/03/2011

Ossit: tigers aren't native to China..........................REPLY: Google before you post. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_China : The South China tiger (Panthera tigris amoyensis) is a tiger subspecies that originated in southern China and northern Indochina and has been classified as critically endangered by IUCN since 1996 as it is possibly extinct in the wild.[1]

It is also known as South Chinese tiger and as the Chinese, Amoy, or Xiamen tiger. The South China tiger is one of the smaller and it is the most critically endangered of any of the living tiger subspecies.

[keshea01]

09:48 AM on 12/03/2011

beautiful babies!!!!