Google Maps Is Full Of Pandas!

UPDATE: Mystery Solved!

Hundreds of panda bears have shown up on Google Maps for what is presumably a good reason, and not a portent of a coming Rise of the Planet of the Pandas.

First spotted (or posted) by Google's Matt Cutts on (where else) Google+ the pandas can be seen flooding Hong Kong International Airport.

"A lot of Pandas" said Matt.

Indeed:

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Now another batch of pandas has been spotted boarding a ferry also in Hong Kong:

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They are also on board:

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As The Next Web reporter Nick Summers said: