: Giant pandas Ri Ri and Shin Shin arrived from China in 2011, serving as "envoys of friendship".
A more popular example is the Japanese television drama " Tokyo Zoo" (2015), which revolves around the lives of the zoo's employees and features romantic relationships between the characters.
—are famous for animal "power couples" and romantic storylines that capture the public's imagination. In Japanese culture, these animal relationships are often followed with the same intensity as celebrity gossip. Famous Animal Romances in Tokyo Zoos (The Giant Pandas, Ueno Zoo):
: One female penguin at a sister aquarium in Kyoto reportedly ended six relationships in a single year and was described by staff as "basically demonic". The Star Couple