Phantom Pregnancy of the Day: Giant Panda Fakes Pregnancy to Receive Pampering

There were plans to have the birth be the first live broadcast of a panda cub being born, but plans were cut when the Chengdu Breeding Research Centre found out the panda was faking it.

"Pandas thought to be pregnant receive 24-hour care, more food, and live in an air-conditioned single room." Wu Kongju, who works at the centre, told Xinhua: "They also receive more buns, fruits and bamboo, so some clever pandas have used this to their advantage to improve their quality of life."

The panda just wanted to live in luxury...