If you have ever been lonely after a good friend has moved away, then you’ll understand what one giant panda in southwest China is going through. Sijia has reportedly been depressed and not eating well since Meixi, her best friend for six months, left. So as a consolation, the staff at Yunnan Wild Animal Park set up parallel bars, swings, a climbing apparatus, and a flat screen TV that “plays video footage of her and her old companion,” according to The Telegraph. Now she is reportedly playing on her own more and more without any prodding.
Watch her play in this NBC video:
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