ICYMI, footage of a panda enjoying the shit out of the East Coast of America‘s monster snowfall has gone absolutely bonkers viral. It was posted by Washington‘s National Zoo (where 45.2cm fell overnight) to Twitter, and has already clocked up over 173k retweets at the time of writing.
Tian Tian woke up this morning to a lot of snow, and he was pretty excited about it. ???? #blizzard2016 pic.twitter.com/GrhI9t1u7j
— National Zoo (@NationalZoo) January 23, 2016
“Giant pandas have thick woolly fur coats, perfect for keeping them warm even when rolling in snow, like Tian Tian,” the zoo said in another tweet, alleviating fears that this panda was having anything other than the greatest of times during Storm Jonas.
Such was the quick-fire spread of this clip that in less than 24 hours, an actual person donned an actual panda suit and did his/her best Tian Tian parody.
WATCH: Man dressed in panda suit challenges actual panda bear Tian Tian to “snow battle:” https://t.co/khr5VeI4H6
https://t.co/ORA6QhkTDK— Good Morning America (@GMA) January 24, 2016
Source / Photo: National Zoo.
