A koala. Photo: VCG

A zoo in Nanjing, East China's Jiangsu Province invited more than 100 visitors to take part in a competition on Sunday that required them to do absolutely nothing, other than to contentedly stare off into the distance like one of its star attractions: a pair of koala bears.

The three competitors who held their stare into nothingness the longest were given a "cute" award.

The activity was a part of the zoo's koala festival in honor of its two Australian residents who arrived from down under in early 2018.  

While the bears were not part of the energy-less "gaze-off," a video posted by China News Service shows children, parents and adults in different relaxed positions lying on mats in an outdoor yard. 

A boy is seen lying on his stomach with his hand cupped under his chin. Some parents who found the perfect relaxed position in the embrace of their children fell asleep.

Other amused visitors to the zoo stood outside the yard snapping photos of the ultra slow competition.
Newspaper headline: Zoo’s low-energy koala contest