One, two, three… cheese! Amazing panda group portrait captures 11 naughty cubs in their funniest posture as they make collective debut
- Nearly a dozen playful panda cubs wished the public a happy Chinese New Year in Sichuan, China, yesterday
- Staff struggled to keep the whole lot still at the same time as the cubs, all born in 2018, squirmed in their arms
- A precious photo has caught the tiny pandas, which are around six months old, in different amusing postures
Like a comical masterpiece, this cute group portrait of pandas has caught 11 newborn cubs in their naughtiest posture.
One mischievous cub raises its tiny paws as if it were protesting while another brave one in the front row tries to stand up on its hind leg.
A third tiny bear appears to suck its claw while next to it, its playmate leans backwards to its keeper in a likely attempt to shy away from the camera.
Eleven pandas have been caught in different funny postures as their keepers hold them during a debut in China yesterday
The tiny pandas, all born in 2018, were showcased to the public to celebrate the upcoming Chinese New Year on February 5
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The amazing picture was captured yesterday at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda when the cubs, all around six months old, made a group debut ahead of the Chinese New Year.
Holding one cub each, the centre’s keepers struggled to keep the pandas still all at once for the picture as the playful animals keep squirming in their arms in their respective manner.
The photographer managed to snap the funny image as staff said simultaneously: ‘Panda cubs born in 2018 at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda wish everyone in the country a happy new year!’
Bright ornaments such as huge lucky knots and red lanterns adorned the breeding centre in Wolong, Sichuan Province
The cubs were also given pig-shaped staffed toys to play with as the upcoming year is the year of the pig in the Chinese zodiac
One panda is seen resting on a tree above a red lantern. The newborn cubs have sent their wishes to the public for the holiday
Bright ornaments such as huge lucky knots and red lanterns adorned the breeding centre in Wolong, Sichuan Province, to celebrate the festive occasion which will fall on February 5.
The cubs were also given pig-shaped staffed toys to play with as the upcoming year is the year of the pig according to the 12-animal Chinese zodiac.
A total of 27 cubs were born in 2018 at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda, the main panda breeding centre in the country. Furthermore, three cubs were born in the centre’s bases in Guangdong Province and Shanghai. One cub was born in Malaysia by a mother panda on loan from the centre to Zoo Negara in Kuala Lumpur.
27 cubs were born in 2018 at China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda through its breeding programme
Furthermore, three cubs were born in the centre’s bases in Guangdong Province and Shanghai and another one in Malaysia
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has the world’s largest population of captive pandas
The 11 cubs that greeted the public yesterday included He He (harmony) and Mei Mei (beautiful), a set of twins born to a captive panda mother and a wild father – a rare case in the breeding of the precious animals.
China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has the world’s largest population of captive pandas.
As of the end of 2018, the Sichuan-based institute looks after 285 pandas, which comprises 60 per cent of the entire captive panda population in the world, according to the centre.
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