‘Panda dogs’ main attraction at Taizhou Zoo

Close enough: According to reports, the animals are chow chows that have been dyed to look like giant pandas. — The Straits Times/ANN

TWO “panda dogs” have been delighting and perplexing visitors of a zoo in China since a dedicated enclosure opened to the public.

Videos of the animals posted online confused netizens, some of whom mistook them for real pandas, with others asking whether “panda dog” was a real breed.