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 People
in many countries believe that chicken soup is good for the body and
soul. Chinese people think even pandas sometimes need chicken soup
to stay healthy! In fact, the Wuhan Zoo in
central China has been feeding its two pandas home-cooked chicken soup
twice a month to reduce stress and give them
a nutritional boost.
A zoo official said the two 3-year-old pandas - Xiwang and Weiwei
- often feel tired. This is because so many people come to see them
during the weekends. The visitors often shout to get the pandas’
attention. As a result, the two animals
can’t get enough sleep and feel so much stress.
 To
help the pandas feel better, the zookeepers decided to give them home-made
chicken soup. In China, drinking slow-cooked chicken soup for health
is a tradition. “We felt it would
be good to give them the soup because they were tired and had a bit of a shock,” said the
zookeepers. They boiled chickens in water
overnight and added a pinch of salt to make it
taste better.
Last week, the pandas were served 1 kilogram of soup in giant dishes. Pandas usually eat bamboo. But they can also
eat meat. In the wild, they sometimes
catch insects and small birds.
So, do you think they liked the chicken soup? Yes, they loved it very
much! And after drinking the soup, they became healthy again. Aren’t
you glad to hear that they are ok now? The giant panda is a national symbol of China and it has
to stay healthy! |
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