Panda Fakes Pregnancy To Get Royal Treatment (PHOTO)

A genius panda named Yuan Yuan in Taiwan has seen the perks of being pregnant because of the special treatment she will be given, especially the food.

Female mammals would be given extra snacks, ice blocks, an air-conditioned room and other benefits when keepers learn that they are having a baby.

Yuan Yuan knows pretty well how zookeepers treat pregnant pandas, since she already had one cub, Yuan Zai, that was born in July 2013.

However, when experts from the Chinese mainland visited the panda, they determined through an ultrasound that she was not pregnant and that the signs of her pregnancy are already returning to normal.

The panda knew the special treatment given to pregnant females and therefore displayed similar behavioral changes, according to experts.

Yuan Yuan, along with partner Tuan Tuan, was a gift by the Chinese government to Taiwan in 2008. When their names are combined, "Tuan Yuan" means "reunion" in Chinese.

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