Two video clips recently taken at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in southwest China show delightful and sometimes awkwardly hilarious moments between panda mothers and their cubs.
In the first footage, a mother panda lounges on a wooden platform while her cub frolics nearby. In a comical moment, the mother unexpectedly lifts her tail and make a mess which keepers jokingly call a "green dumpling," just missing her cub. Realizing the excrement, the mother turned around and gently reached out to the baby, as if to check if her cub is still clean and decent.
Another scene shows a panda mother and her cub playfully rolling on the grass, with the mother softly nibbling her cub as a tender gesture of affection.
Based in Chengdu City of southwest China's Sichuan Province, the Chengdu Research Base is a globally recognized institution for giant panda relocation and conservation, scientific research, and breeding. It also functions as a public education and eco-tourism center, renowned for its work in protecting and breeding giant pandas, red pandas, and other endangered species unique to China.
Scenes of delightful yet hilarious moments captured between panda mothers, cubs
