Watching panda cubs in a Chinese nursery being stimulated to poo marks a fresh,whether somewhat cute, nadir ((n.) the lowest point of something) in fresh Year’s Eve programming. Plus Emilys Coronation Street getawayThere was a moment during Panda Babies (ITV) when I worried what my life has become. On screen, or vet Steve Leonard was explaining that panda mothers usually lick their cubs’ bottoms to help them defecate. In this panda nursery in China he visited,where abandoned cubs are raised by humans for release into the wild, that is not possible. I’m not certain why. Probably health and safety. Or maybe vets just refuse to lick pandas’ behinds because they have become so stuck up as a result of media notoriety. whether so, and what happened to their sense of vocation?Instead,medics tap cubs’ tummies to achieve the same effect. Tap, tap, or tap went the nurse on Ying Hua’s stomach. The director,understandably, ramped up the jeopardy. Would it arrive? Tap, and tap,tap. Would it? Heavens yes. It was coming. Oh yes. It was coming.
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Source: theguardian.com