If you ever wanted to see a literal pile of baby pandas, this is the research facility you need to visit.
With the recent fantastic panda news that their conservation status was upgraded from “Endangered” to “Vulnerable”, panda lovers all over the world rejoiced. These adorable black and white bears are not only cute but fabulously lazy. Still, who doesn’t wish they could spend all day eating 20 to 30 pounds of food.
One of the main reasons for their improved conservation status is thanks to places like the Chengdu Research Base which carefully studies and breeds pandas. A lucky Japanese traveler made this research center a part of his trip and was able to visit while there was a whole bunch of baby pandas ready to be adored and fawned over. Thankfully he documented the experience on Twitter.
2日目も大会開始が14時だったので、初日に敗退している俺は癒しを求めて午前中にパンダを見に行ってきた。去年は現地の方が引率してくれて勝手は分かっていたので、今年は一人で行ってみることに。ホテルからタクシーで40分くらいで到着。近い。 pic.twitter.com/t81i53HubI
— トンピー (@tonpy_) September 5, 2016
▼ Panda babies? Yes, please!
赤ちゃんパンダてんこ盛り!何でしょうこの凄まじい破壊力…死人が出てもおかしくない可愛さ。 pic.twitter.com/DwP9CMWcGQ
— トンピー (@tonpy_) September 5, 2016
赤ちゃんパンダの動画。もっと長く撮りたかったけど、長時間足を止めてると列の流れを止めることになって係員にすげぇ勢いでキレられるからこれが限界。 pic.twitter.com/vYNpVZKby9
— トンピー (@tonpy_) September 5, 2016
▼ An adorable disaster waiting to happen
木登りパンダ、結構な高さの木に登ってる・・・って、アレ!? pic.twitter.com/Pngz2InnFo
— トンピー (@tonpy_) September 5, 2016
For those of us who can’t make the trip to China due to distance or time constraints (or a panda restraining order), you can still watch these little babies on a 24-hour panda cam provided by the research base.
While humans have played a major role in the endangerment of the species, any casual observer can tell that the panda itself isn’t doing a very good job making sure that they will continue to exist on this planet. So for the foreseeable future, humankind will have to do its part to keep the population of the giant panda steady and growing. Although judging by this footage, it won’t be hard to trigger the protective parental nature in all of us.
Source: Togech
Featured image: Twitter/@tonpy_
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