Giant panda shows off unique dance moves while scratching an itch

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.

A group of Chinese white dolphins, known as the "giant pandas of the sea", was recently spotted in waters west of Xiamen City in east China's Fujian Province.

Local residents observed five adult dolphins swimming together, accompanied by a small gray calf. Experts said the small dolphin is a newborn calf, less than a month old, and in good health.

This is the first record of a newborn white dolphin spotted in Xiamen this year.

Thanks to continuous improvements in local ecological environment in recent years, the population of Chinese white dolphins in Xiamen's waters has remained stable, with at least one calf born every year.

Newborn calves are typically gray in color. As they grow older, they gradually shed their dark spots and turn white.

Highly sensitive to marine water quality, the Chinese white dolphin, an endangered species under first-class national protection in China, is also viewed as a health indicator of the ecosystem they live in.