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Bears Beg for Cola in Dog Days of Summer

Tue Jul 30, 9:41 AM ET

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Bears in a Shanghai zoo have started

begging for cola from tourists as a heat wave scorches eastern

China, state media said on Tuesday.

With temperatures in the past week hovering around 35

degrees Celsius (95 Fahrenheit), keepers at the Shanghai

Wildlife Park have been feeding extra helpings of chilled

watermelon, apples and other snacks to parched animals, the

Xinhua News Agency reported.

But the zoo's thirsty bears have taken to rearing up on

their hind legs when tourist trolleys pass, posing with paws

folded in exchange for cold drinks from visitors.

"The bears drink up every drop of Coca-Cola they get, but

kick away a bottle of tasteless mineral water after a few

sips," Xinhua reported.

Shanghai's pandas -- the stars of the zoo and a treasured

national symbol -- live in an air-conditioned hut and are given

blocks of ice to keep cool.

Endangered Siberian tigers have taken refuge in the shade

and look "less dignified than usual," Xinhua added.

Noontime temperatures in Shanghai reached 36 degrees

Celsius on Tuesday, well above the average of 28.3 and just shy

of the record of 38.3 degrees set in 1892.

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