21 May, 2005

Animal kingdom

Japan is a country which has a weakness for lovely animals. People get very excited about them quickly. The animals "of the moment" are admired by people and are to control the state's politics, media and economy.

Now an animal is becoming the next hero - a standing lesser panda (red panda). The Chiba Zoological Park, located at the east end of Tokyo, is now attracting nationwide attention with the standing lesser panda.

The two-year-old lesser pand, called Futa, is able to stand on two legs for more than 10 seconds. This is zoologically very rare. That's why people are excited about this standing panda.

The panda has already appeared in the frontpage of the UK's Daily Express. Doesn't the paper have any other topic?

Well, thinking how long this fever will last, I wonder where the baby seal has gone...

This article tells what I'm talking about here more clearly and intelligibly. I cannot compete with native people.
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