Ming Ming & Ping Ping.

Hangdogroad · 25-03-2020 07:09AM #1

Remember this pair of pandas who were loaned to Dublin zoo from China mid 80's? They attained a big level of celebrity at the time.

branie2 · 25-03-2020 09:43PM

They came in 1986

Hangdogroad · 02-04-2020 01:19PM

https://www.rte.ie/archives/category/environment/2016/0610/794634-chinese-pandas-arrive-at-dublin-zoo/

Muahahaha · 02-04-2020 04:40PM

Thats gas, pandas sponsored by West Coast Cooler, another blast from the past!

How long did they stay in the zoo? I remember there was huge crowds to go see them but never got to go myself. The zoo did have some polar bears around that time, is that still the case? And does anyone remember the crocodile that was basically housed in a bath?

skooterblue2 · 05-04-2020 02:27PM

Ming Ming and Ping Ping ended up in the burger machine at an unnamed meat plant on the border counties.

Muahahaha · 07-04-2020 07:25PM

Did they both die in Dublin Zoo? Doubt the Chinese were too happy if that was the case

EagererBeaver · 07-04-2020 07:29PM

Article says they were on a 100 day visit, so I imagine not.

Muahahaha · 09-04-2020 03:26PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Article says they were on a 100 day visit, so I imagine not.

ah right, it must have been part of Chinas policy of panda diplomacy, they used it quite a bit during the Cold War and still use it to this day
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_diplomacy

No matter what China does if they send your country a pair of cute pandas suddenly they're your best mates. I mean who could dislike someone who sends you pandas?

skooterblue2 · 09-04-2020 05:09PM

EagererBeaver wrote: »

Article says they were on a 100 day visit, so I imagine not.

Do you think they got time off to go to Guinness Brewery?

Hangdogroad · 28-12-2025 11:48AM

Poor old Ping Ping.

https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2025/1228/1549849-state-papers-pandas/

Ming Ming & Ping Ping.

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