Quirky China: Panda won’t return phone, talented piglet spared from dinner, affordable gold rush

Quirky China: A zoo panda refuses to return a phone that was dropped into its enclosure, a talented piglet known for its ability to spin a plastic ring has been spared from becoming dinner, and an affordable gold rush amongthe country’s youth. -- Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin/Weibo

BEIJING (SCMP): A panda in China which would not let go of a mobile phone a tourist accidentally dropped into his enclosure has been dubbed a ‘smartphone addict’ by online observers.

On February 22, a visitor accidentally dropped their mobile phone while filming the giant panda, Qingling, at the Dujiangyan Panda Base in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.