I actually heard about this from my stepmother-in-law, who made me promise that we wouldn’t come back from China without photos of pandes. (Did I mention that she’s quite possibly the easiest person in the world to shop for, especially in China? Although my father-in-law isn’t so crazy about adding to her panda parahenalia…)

Eight special “Olympic Pandas”, selected by popular vote from a field of 16, (though they now seem to be morphing into the “Earthquake Pandas”) arrived in Beijing on Saturday afternoon. The pandas are here for a special 6 month Olympic stint and after arriving on a special “luxury” flight from Chengdu, were set up in their comfortable digs (it’s air conditioned and comes with a daily supply of 200kg of bamboo and 40kg of bamboo shoots especially shipped in from Henan).

Via The Beijinger