The pandas in Beijing's zoo
have been working overtime to allow a flood of holiday visitors a glimpse of the
country's favourite animal, the official Xinhua news agency reported on
Saturday.
The pandas, together with the zoo's less famous attractions, are on display
an extra half hour to accomodate the 100,000 visitors expected each day of the
week-long national holiday.
Four times as many zoo workers are on duty to take care of the animals and
visitors as temperatures soared over 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit).
Some animals had a worse holiday than the pandas, however.
The city's most famous roast duck restaurant sold nearly 20,000 of the birds
over the first three days of the holiday, Xinhua reported.
