I want you to think of a panda. Black and white, eats bamboo etc. Now, what if I told you, that from that thought alone, the same part of your brain that responds to sex and drugs was triggered. That's right, we are chemically predisposed to get googly-eyed over panda bears and their cuteness.
However, this leads us to forget that they are still bears and when in the wild, they are just as savage. According to this author, there's a panda myth going around that pandas are bad at sex and picky eaters. I've never heard this myth, not sure if anyone actually has, but if you have then tell me where you get your information from cause I am clearly missing out.
The picky eating myth comes from the fact that they're known to eat bamboo, but that is not entirely the case. Those big heads comes from the muscles in their faces and the power of their bite is equivalent to a lion or jaguar. Yes they're diet mainly consists of bamboo, but they are considered "opportunistic omnivores." Meaning they'll totally do it if its offered to them at a party, but they like won't go looking for it.
When it comes to sex though, pandas are anything but lax about it. They have designated sex trees they'll put their scent on, like a status update of their identity, sex, age etc. and when a woman "comes into season" she'll put her scent on the sex tree which commences a urinary panda Olympics. This consists of pandas competing against each other to see who can pee on the tree the highest, because chicks like a guy who aims high. Then to celebrate they have sex over 40 times in one afternoon.
Don't know about you, but I think Tinder could learn a thing or two from these pandas. Or at least get an entertaining ad out of it... possibly a collab with Desiigner? I won't charge them for that one.
Altogether this was a really entertaining article to read and I decided to cover it solely on its content. The author took a topic like the endangerment of pandas, which most people's eyes would glaze over at #thoughtsandprayers, and grabs our attention with facts on their shocking sexual tendencies and dietary preferences. She mixes jokes about pandas that mate in zoos needing a couple of glasses of wine to get in the mood with clean, easy to read statistics like the consensus of wild pandas being a total number of 1,864. Her writing definitely influenced my attempt at a similar style with this blog post and I think its important to recognize creative content as a marketing student because it shows that you can spin a dry topic into something that grabs attention.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-un-cuddly-truth-about-pandas-1523025742
An article such as this, that shows giddiness and cheer intermingling with facts has the power to deliver facts to a younger audience. By painting it with colorful language that would appeal to young adults, this article succeeds in sharing the data that can be found in scientific journals in a way that mimics celeb tabloids, or the sex advice column of Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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