What is a panda cuddler?
What is a panda cuddler? For $32,000 per year, panda cuddlers spend every waking hour hugging and playing with pandas.
Are there panda nannies in the US?
Though panda nannies are often volunteers from Japan, Europe, and the United States, according to Heng Yi, a CCRCGP spokesperson, the panda center began casting a worldwide net for compensated caretaker positions several years back in an effort to increase global awareness about the animal.
Why do panda nannies wear masks?
There, keepers wear panda costumes sprayed with panda urine and feces to mask their human scent. “It looks so funny on the surface, but it's serious work, too,” Vitale said. The idea is to limit the bears' familiarity with humans as much as possible so that they can be conditioned to survive in the wild.