Two red pandas eat watermelon on a block of ice to cool themselves off at a zoo in Ningbo, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 3, 2008 . Scorching heat hit many parts of the country as temperature surpass 35 degrees Celsius in many places including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong.

A red panda eats watermelon on a block of ice to cool off at a zoo in Ningbo, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 3, 2008. Scorching heat hit many parts of the country as temperature surpass 35 degrees Celsius in many places including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong.

An elephant is fed a watermelon at a zoo in Ningbo, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 3, 2008. Scorching heat hit many parts of the country as temperature surpass 35 degrees Celsius in many places including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong.

A zoo keeper sprays water onto an elephant to cool it off at a zoo in Ningbo, east China's Jiangsu Province, July 3, 2008. Scorching heat hit many parts of the country as temperature surpass 35 degrees Celsius in many places including Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong.