In a twist that’s straight out of a comedy sketch, a zoo in China is facing serious side-eye after their “pandas” were caught doing something that real pandas don’t typically do: panting and barking. Yep, turns out these bamboo-loving, monochrome “bears” were actually painted dogs. Chow Chows, to be exact.

This is the bizarre moment a panting panda is revealed to be a black-and-white dyed dog at a zoo in China. Visitors demanded refunds when the supposed panda started panting and barking, exposing its true identity as a canine on September 15.

A zoo in China has admitted its star attraction, two so-called pandas, are just painted dogs. The fluffy Chow Chow dogs painted to resemble the country’s beloved national animal were seen in a video shot by a visitor to the zoo in southern Guangdong province.

According to the New York Post, visitors at the Shanwei Zoo realized they were being bamboozled when the so-called pandas began panting and barking. Pandas are native to China and an international symbol of the country.

All out panda-monium! Zoogoers in China have been left outraged after discovering that the so-called “pandas” they were cooing over were just painted pups. The duped visitors claimed they only realized the scam at the Shanwei zoo when one of the apparent pandas started panting and barking,

In a bizarre turn of events, visitors to Shanwei Zoo in China were left stunned when they witnessed the zoo's supposed pandas behaving in ways that defied their expectations. Guests were shocked to see the 'pandas' panting and even barking,