Pandas are the beloved national treasures of Chinese people. They are not only popular at home, but also abroad. Every country is begging China to lend pandas to them, for no other reason than because foreigners love pandas too much. . Among them, Japan's obsession with pandas has reached a situation where it is difficult to get a ticket in the zoo. On average, each visitor to the zoo can only see pandas for 1 minute.

Of course, the cost of raising such an expensive panda can be said to be ridiculously high, because pandas are a national treasure in China and a symbol of Chinese culture, so pandas will only be rented to some people who have friendly relations with China. nation.

Among the more than 200 countries in the world, 17 countries have successfully leased giant pandas from China. In addition, many countries are constantly applying to China, but we are definitely not free to lease pandas. .

It is understood that the rent for renting a pair of pandas is about 3 million to 7 million yuan per year.

And this is just the "entry fee" for breeding pandas. After renting pandas in other countries, they will arrange special places for pandas to rest and entertain. However, after leasing pandas in Singapore, in order to make pandas live comfortably , specially spent 43 million yuan to build a giant panda house in the Singapore River Ecological Park.

After that, in order to ensure the healthy growth of the giant pandas, the food they eat must be the freshest, and the bamboo shoots that they eat every day must be directly airlifted from China, and only organic vegetables and fruits are eaten. It consumes nearly 100 catties of bamboo and bamboo shoots every day.

According to statistics from the North American Panda Conservation Foundation, the annual cost of raising giant pandas alone exceeds 1 million US dollars, which is more than 7 million yuan. It is conceivable how much money giant pandas burn.

Some countries can't afford to send them back in advance, while others are rushing to rent them. Is renting Chinese giant pandas a loss or a profit?

Giant pandas are sought after by many foreign countries around the world, but because of their high annual rent and feeding costs, Canada has to return the giant pandas two years in advance, but even so, there are still many countries vying to lease China's pandas. Giant panda.

Of course, Canadian officials did not explicitly say that they could not afford to raise giant pandas, but said that due to the epidemic, they could not import fresh bamboo from China, and could not guarantee the normal diet of Da Mao and Er Shun.

Of course, in addition to this reason, the zoo is unable to make ends meet due to the epidemic, and can't earn money, so naturally the giant pandas can't be raised, so they have to "repatriate" the giant pandas.

Do giant pandas really make foreign zoos lose money?

In fact, it is not. Although foreign zoos need to build some infrastructure for the activities and survival of giant pandas, and also spend a lot of human, material and financial resources, according to relevant data, the benefits that pandas bring to a country are far greater than their breeding. cost.

We all know that the Japanese people are quite fanatical about giant pandas. Even if they grab a ticket to see giant pandas, everyone only has about 1 minute to watch giant pandas, but even so, it is difficult to resist The Japanese people love giant pandas. According to statistics, the panda Xiangxiang leased by China to Japan has brought economic benefits of 53.9 billion yen to Japan. Equivalent to RMB 2.6 billion, it is conceivable how big the economic benefits are.

In the two years since the introduction of giant pandas to the Edinburgh Zoo in the United Kingdom, the number of tourists has increased to 4 million, an average of more than 500 people come to the zoo every day, and the entrance ticket to the zoo used to cost 20 euros, but to see the giant pandas will cost an extra 18 euros .

Other countries will spend tens of millions of RMB to rent Chinese giant pandas for just one year, just because it can bring more considerable economic benefits, so why can pandas sit firmly on the throne of "the first brother of the zoo"?

The first and most important point is, of course, because the appearance of the panda is very cute and cute. I believe that many friends want to hug and touch the panda at the first sight of it. The pursuit of being a giant is almost a common feature of all human beings, so it is not surprising that people all over the world like giant pandas who are so cuddly and docile.

In addition, that is that pandas are very unique. We all know that pandas are actually a kind of bear family, but they are only vegetarian bears. They have a bear-like body and the gentle heart of herbivores. Anyone can change it. Want to find out. At the same time, pandas are also very peculiar that they are six-toed animals, while almost all animals in nature have five toes.

Secondly, because the giant panda has existed on the earth for at least 8 million years, and the giant panda has been active on the earth as early as the ice age. It can be said that it is an absolute animal living fossil.

In addition to the above reasons, there is also a very worrying reason, that is, the number of giant pandas is actually very small.

Globally, there are only 2,286 giant pandas in total, including 1,864 wild giant pandas and 422 captive giant pandas. Rare is precious, and pandas with such a small number will naturally be more lovable.

Of course, looking at the entire nature today, there are not a few wild animals that are smaller than giant pandas. Although we have increased environmental protection efforts for these animals in recent years, there are still shortcomings. Therefore, for future generations to see with their own eyes Seeing wild animals of all shapes and sizes, we also need to contribute our own efforts.