The "dud pandas" in Edinburgh Zoo, which were procured as part of an unsuccessful breeding programme, were not real pandas. "Sunshine" and "Sweetie" were actually two people from Wester Hailes, dressed up.
The male panda, "Sunshine", was a local lad called Angus McDonald. He said "I was offered this job ten years ago. The money wasn't very good, but they supplied a bed, as much bamboo as I could eat, and promised me pretty much unlimited sex with Sweetie. Who could refuse an offer like that?".
Sweetie, once known as Morag McSporran, said "All I had to do was wear the panda suit for 10 years. Sunshine was a nice guy, I suppose, but I just didn't fancy him. And he had bad breath and sweaty armpits".
Angus and Morag are now unemployed, although they expect to find new employment at Blair Drummond Safari Park in the springtime, when the new "orang utangs" go on public display.