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Livestreaming of a panda in Luoyang was blocked for ten minutes, after the panda “shook its ass, becoming the first panda being blocked during livestreaming.

On Wednesday, livestream of Ling Yan, a giant male panda in Luanchuan, Luoyang was blocked after the panda “shook its ass in a sexy way,” netizens teased. The livestream was launched by the zoo where Ling Yan lives.

Hashtag “livestreaming of Ling Yan banned after it shook its ass” has garnered more than 21 million reads on Weibo as of press time. 

After the news attracted public attention, the zoo responded on China’s X-like platform Sina Weibo on Thursday that the pandas rubbing their buttocks and shaking their arms is a normal behavior, which is done to scratch an itch or shake off water.

The zoo even joked that Ling Yan becomes the "first panda banned in livestreaming!"

Some netizens joked that even our national treasure pandas have to obey the rules of livestreaming that banned pornography contents. 

Panda Ling Yan, seven years old, has garnered immense popularity for his vibrant and dynamic persona.