February 09, 2022

The P.P.P (Professional Panda Predictors)


The P.P.P (Professional Panda Predictors)
He's fluffy, he's friendly, he eats bamboo, he predicts the Olympics. Pexels, Kayla S

The Olympic Winter Games, to be held from February 4th-20th of this year in Beijing, attract viewers from all over the world. Many will predict which country will place at the top of the competition. Lucky for us, two experts have predicted which countries will fight their way to the top. Their names are Ruyi and Dingding, two panda bears living at the Moscow Zoo

The Moscow Zoo stated that they chose the panda bears to predict this year's Olympic winners because the panda is a symbol of China, where the events are taking place. Following this foolproof logic, they used five traffic cones, each with a nation's flag attached to it, which were placed in their outdoor enclosure with no treats or food in any particular cone to lure them in. After the pair was released out of their indoor enclosure, the cones were sitting at an equal distance between them, and the entrance. 

Ruyi and Dingding displayed their predictions by playing with the cones and knocking down the ones that are to be the winners. Ruyi predicts that Germany and the United States will come out on top, and Dingding believes it will be Russia and China. The video showing Ruyi and Dingding choosing their winners can be seen here

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