The Giant Panda National Park is one of the first national parks in China, integrating 73 nature reserves in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. At present, the total number of wild giant pandas in China has recovered from 1100 in the 1980s to about 1900. While the wild population of giant pandas is recovering, new progress has also been made in the artificial captive breeding of giant pandas. At the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, reporters encountered a giant panda baby born this year. How did these little angels' first grow '? What are the miracles of life in growth?
2025 Giant Panda Newborn Baby
Three little ones make their debut
CCTV reporter Jiang Shulin: At the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, three newly born giant panda cubs this year met global audiences for the first time.
'Moon and Stars' is the name of the giant panda delivery room, which literally indicates the level of affection for giant pandas among panda keepers and research teams.
Wu Kongju, Senior Livestock Specialist at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding: These "three little ones" like to play with you pressing me and me pressing you. Many people may not have seen the tail of a giant panda. When a giant panda is born very young, its tail has a long, transparent feeling. But as it grows, its tail width will widen a bit, so it looks like a broom.
Can giant panda babies also dress up?
Occasionally, I also wear 'gray pants'
CCTV reporter Jiang Shulin: The third giant panda cub looks smaller at first glance, and its fur color appears lighter, even a bit grayish. Compared to other panda cubs, it seems to be wearing a gray coat.
Wu Kongju, Senior Livestock Specialist at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding: We have a giant panda named Chenggong, and basically every child of it has experienced "disguise": from one month, the panda's fur color is relatively light, and by more than two or three months, it turns black. This is indeed a very strange phenomenon, so we also call it the 'gray second generation gene'. So pandas, like us humans, have their own family characteristics in different families.
Do giant pandas also have "voice packs"?
Exclusive call of giant panda cubs
CCTV reporter Jiang Shulin: After long-term observation by experts and research teams, there are now over 20 types of giant panda calls within the known range.
Wu Kongju, Senior Livestock Specialist at Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding: That kind of "hmm" sound is a reminder to my mom to say, "Oh, hurry up, I'm tired or I need you to hug me.
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