“I also noticed that they had white fur around their noses and ears,” she added. This inspired me to create a character that was as round as possible.” “Their eyes, their ears, their paws… everything was round.
“What struck me when I first saw them was their round shape,” said Aeso. This allowed her to capture the lesser pandas’ diverse and expressive movements. The smartphone enabled her to not only take selfies on the Cover Display without unfolding the phone, but also allowed her to snap pictures with the screen folded at an optimal angle. On International Lesser Panda Day, the Galaxy Z Flip3 served as her eyes and ears. The couple doesn’t always get along, and their rather tense form of chemistry fascinates visitors.Īn expert on dealing with cute things, Aeso instantly recognized the lesser pandas’ endless charm. Lemon, on the other hand, a female lesser panda who joined Lessy at Everland last year, is energetic and a little bit aggressive. This male panda, who has lived alone for the last six years, is slightly sensitive and timid. Standing between 50 and 60 centimeters tall, with a roughly 50-cm long tail and weighing between three to six kilograms, Lessy, one of the lesser pandas who calls Korea’s Everland zoo and theme park home, is a nocturnal animal who can typically be found being active or resting in the shade or on the branches of tall trees during the day. Follow along as we recount Aeso’s first encounter with the lesser pandas, and how they inspired her to create a one-of-a-kind character.Ĭapturing Lesser Pandas’ Charm With the Galaxy Z Flip3 A total of eleven lesser panda-inspired drawings were transformed into stickers that can be utilized in our daily lives. The collaboration offered Aeso an opportunity to observe lesser pandas and celebrate the creatures by creating a unique character. In celebration of International Lesser Panda Day, Samsung Newsroom organized a very special event with Da-seul Jeong, also known as Aeso, the illustrator who created the beloved emoji character Ompangi. This year, that day falls on September 18. This has led the International Union for Conservation of Nature, or IUCN, to officially classify lesser pandas as “endangered.”Įach year, on the third Saturday of September, the world celebrates International Lesser Panda Day. Over the last two decades, the world’s lesser panda population has more than halved. Unfortunately, unless something is done, lesser pandas may not be around for much longer. Did you figure it out? It’s a lesser panda! (Also known as a red panda.) Just a glance of this cute little creature is sure to put a smile on your face. We’re thinking of an animal that has shiny eyes, dainty, triangular ears, dark, chubby paws, and a long, bushy tail.
To dive into the world of the mysterious world of animals, Samsung Global Newsroom has created its Online Zoo series by capturing the animals with various Samsung devices. 1 Everland takes care of endangered animals by making sure that they are raised in an environment closest to their natural habitats and organizes a variety of ecological programs to help visitors learn about the importance of nature and all living things. Frustrated at being judged for being too responsible, Retsuko dares to dream of quitting her job.Tigers, lions, bears, giraffes, pandas, fennec foxes … These are some of the wild animals that live in Everland, the Land of Fantasy. Later, we feel dread at Retsuko’s naïveté, when the same friend tries to recruit her for a new business venture. In that moment, the viewer experiences Retsuko’s feelings of crushing humility, humble gratitude, and outright awe for the people so quick to assert themselves. She’s already bought three pairs of socks to be polite, and is about to sign up for something she clearly doesn’t want, when her cat friend swoops in like a self-assured fairy godmother and says easily, “She doesn’t need a card.” Calm and confident, she grabs Retsuko’s bag and walks out, calling over her shoulder for the red panda to follow her. In one episode, Retsuko is twisted into inner turmoil as a shop attendant badgers her into signing up for a reward membership.
Her foes are often one-dimensional, but many of Retsuko’s allies will strike viewers as true to life: A quietly sarcastic fox-frenemy who never seems to get in trouble a glamorous, yoga-doing gorilla from marketing an eagle-secretary who never publicly falters in her heels an irritating but well-meaning hippo of a middle-manager and a cat friend from college who lives a gloriously free life, with her financial realities rarely discussed.