A giant panda was recently filmed playfully scratching himself against a tree stump at a breeding base in southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The footage captures the male giant panda Su Yang joyfully rubbing against the stump, playfully twisting and turning his body as he arches his back and moves his head side to side, resembling a lively dance.
Su Yang was born on September 1, 2019, at the Shenshuping Giant Panda Base of the Wolong National Nature Reserve and currently resides in the Diequan Garden at the Dujiangyan base of the China Conservation and Research Center (CCRCGP) in Sichuan Province.
The CCRCGP is a world-leading institution for the breeding and conservation of one of China's national treasures. The center has also established a global platform for promoting international cooperation and exchanges involving 18 zoos from 16 countries and regions, as well as 39 domestic animal breeding institutions and more than 10 scientific research institutes.
Giant panda shows off unique dance moves while scratching an itch
A total of 415 Afghan militants have been killed and more than 580 others injured in the ongoing border clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan since Thursday, Pakistan's Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar, said on Sunday.
In a statement posted on social media, Tarar said that Pakistani forces had destroyed 182 Afghan outposts, captured 31 others, and destroyed 185 tanks, armed vehicles, and artillery guns belonging to the Taliban as of 16:00 on Sunday.
Pakistani airstrikes have effectively targeted 46 locations across Afghanistan, Tarar added.
Military clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan have increased over the past six months.
Last year, under the mediation of Qatar and Türkiye, the two sides agreed to a ceasefire and subsequently held several rounds of talks in Doha, Istanbul, and Riyadh to ensure its sustainability, but without tangible results.
On Thursday night, Afghanistan's Ministry of Defense launched a new round of military operations along the border, claiming that 55 Pakistani soldiers had been killed and that two military bases and 19 outposts had been captured.
In the early hours of Friday, Pakistani forces carried out airstrikes on key military facilities in Kabul, Kandahar province, and Paktia province. Pakistani military sources said that after the strikes on Kabul, Afghan forces requested a ceasefire, but Pakistan decided to continue air operations until its objectives were fully achieved.
Pakistan claims to have killed 415 Afghan militants in border clashes
