Panda Doesn't Realise She's Had Twins! | BBC Earth
When having multiple cubs, pandas will usually only care for one baby and abandon the other, but switching them around might be the key for both twins' survival. Narrated by David Attenborough.
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When baby gets taken away from Panda Mother she was like: "Oh no.." "..Anyway"
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@@adhdmochiI see.. you re a woman of culture as well ^^
@@shintanaru Im actually a girl but yes 😂
@@adhdmochi oh haha ":D Well then let me correct it quickly to woman of culture :D
😂 yep when she threw her paw up like “wait a g-damn minute” but then that honey water was hitting too good 😂😂😂
Plot twist: The mom actually know she has twins but acts like she doesn't know to get the honey water
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maybe I mean I would
That's what I was going to say! Ha ha ha ha. Li Li knows what's up.
Fukthis shit Li Li? No no, her name is PP
😊😊
"What is your job?" "Panda cub swapper"
Yeahhh um how do I get that job?!
😂 imagine though 😂
The keeper is so kind and patient, not wanting to yank the cub from the mother's arms, and doesn't show an ounce of frustration or impatience.
The keeper wants to "keeper" arm! Lol
I mean of course, you don't want to be mauled by a panda.
I think the mother trusts the keeper implicitly to not harm her cub. Pandas are hard wired by nature to prevent the cub being separated from the body heat of it's mother for the first month or six weeks because of the risk of hypothermia. Even the keepers wrap it in a warming cloth when transferring the cub to the incubator to avoid a drop in body temperature.
So kind? Lol. You people are so gullible. China makes tons of money off pandas. That is also the only reason they don’t want the baby to die.
Panda mom: Hmmm.....delicious honey water or cub.....? Man. This is tough. Imma take Dat honey water
normal bear: Touch my cub and die. Panda bear: Touch my cub and ooooh honeywater!
Underrated comment
Looool
It's not exactly like that. -_-
Hahaha I love this joke, I just took a screenshot of it
yummmmmmyy
She’s just figured out how to get twice as much honey water.
Great comment!!!:)
Lool true😂😂
More like 10x. lol
Shocked...!!!
"Humans are stupid"
The way the panda mom cuddles the baby cub is so sweet!!! Melts the heart 💜
Yes😭😭😭 the sweetest thing ❤️❤️
How gentle mama panda is when picking up her little baby with her mouth they eat bamboo shoots and that requires huge teeth and strength in their jaws
Just imagine the mother meeting both twins when they are matured. She’s like “when the hell did I get two”?
lmao
Gray Himakar+ I think she knew she had two, but just thought one died or something. That is what normally happens with twins.
Kiera Haggarty like it said in the docu, panda's tend to abandon cubs if they have more than one
SilentEcho+ Yeah. But sometimes they die anyway before. Mama panda doesn’t have enough milk for two, so either she abandons it, or waits for the other one to die of starvation. At the end of the day, if both can live, then mama panda likes that.
Mugen Power bruh calm down
*Panda watches caregiver stealing her child* "damn hope hes gunna be alright, this honey water tho"
I loved this more than I should've
"damn that's crazy, anyway" type of energy
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loll
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When she picked her baby up and sat it in her arms 🥺🥺🥺🥺 animals are so precious to be on earth
Gods design ❤️🫶🏽🙏🏽,
I also will sometimes pick up my children (cats) and roll back and place them on my big ol’ tummy to snuggle.
@@arealwoman1534lol ok. Kids get cancer but at least animals are cute. Thanks god
@@MrShoblang that doesn't negate God's existance though
Cringe
That is a genius idea. Even if she knows she has more than one cub and can tell the difference between them, this probably makes things less overwhelming for her as she just focuses on caring for one of the cubs at a time while the other is being cared for by the handlers until they swap the cubs.
Panda Mom: There's nothing in this world that could make me abandon my chi- Honey Water: hello
Cackling over here
Didn’t know you were interested in nature General.
Hello There
Zookeeper: *_"I'd like to introduce myself"_*
Honey water: Hello...is it me you're looking for? Lionel Richie: That's dumb!!
2:19 panda : "is that my baby cryin-" keeper : "wait here i will get you more honey water" panda : "okay thanks"
so true xD
You can’t have my baby .. ohhh this water has honey 🍯 in it
XD
She's like a crack addict mother. Doesn't really care if she gets more of her drug rofl
@@kooroshrostami27 Its not like just anyone can take the babies though they say the handlers need alot of patience and trust with the panda mother i assume the panda knows the handler is a friend and if any other person tried to take her cub it would be a different story, pandas are bears dont let their gentle nature fool you.
The fact that you can’t get anywhere near any other type of bear’s babies, but can take this one’s right out of its hands is just simply incredible
Not anyone. That's why she's on a BBC documentary and you're not
@@g0inturboshut
the little squeaks the babies make 😭❤️🐼my heartttttt
“I will not give up my baby” **honey water has entered the chat** “I don’t know this child.”
After you’ve taken your head out of your arse
Lmao
Marina 🤣🤣
I'm sorry but i don't know who this panda is. I probably go meet it down the street and probably know nothing. Sorry to this panda
Marina GDHHDGSSA
"Help me mom! Help me, im being kidnapped!" HoNeY wAtEr!!!!
HoNeH WaTeH
LMAO
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
LOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL
@sachin kumar only while birth the reason why she is still in there is so they could evaluate the baby but she will be released
the way she holds her baby is so precious
Very clever idea ! Praise for the keepers who work 24/7 to keep those tiny beautiful twins healthy. Mummy must trust the keepers implicitly to allow staff to walk away with the cub making noises. ❤ ❤ 🙏🏼
That honey water hits different when you don’t gotta babysit
Yo dis Honey Watah Got me Gawn Mane!
Lmaooo
Turn up!
Of all the honey water comments… 😂😂😂😂
💀💀💀💀💀💀
PFFFTTT THAT THUMBNAIL AND TITLE- I THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA BE LIKE “Ma’am... ma’am, this is your babey.” *”i didn’t order that.”*
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Bro this needs way more appreciation
Me tooo
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M a n a g e r ? !
10x a day is no easy job. I'm amazed at your service to her & the pups
Can we just admire the absolute stones on that zoo keeper. Imagine putting your hand into a bear cage to steal a baby bear from right under its mother's nose.
Luckily it's a Panda 🐼. A bear 🐻 is risky
@@hutch-uu322 - Pandas are bears and are capable of the same violence if provoked
@@kevinb314 wow I never knew that.
@@Azrayl deceived by the looks
@@hutch-uu322 it's literally called a panda BEAR. people have been attacked by pandas many times.
“Pandas almost always abandon one cub” Is that why Po was abandoned in Kung Fu Panda? :0
Grace Young 哦 哈女王 农田 拖后腿 藕粉 推荐啊天
that's big brain
Yea but kfp 2
Wasn't even thinking about that😱👾
Grace Young kung flu
This Panda after trading her cubs for honey water: I was a businessman doing business
I'm a bit disappointed you didn't take the opportunity to say business bear.....
You made me laugh 😂😂😂😂
frrr
You didn't listen! The commentator said that the Panda allowing the carer to take the cub requires a great level of trust between the Panda and the carer. She didn't 'trade' her cub for honey water, she knows she'll get her cub back, as she does each time! She just doesn't like having to part with the cub even for a little while, and quite understandably, given that cub is her only comfort. I do think that small empty bare cage she's in is awful though, I hope that's just temporary for the purpose of getting both of the cubs fed by the panda! 🙏🏻
@@sgabriel2330 calm down
The trust both of them have is amazing Putting your hand in a bear cage and giving someone your baby is wild
Oh my god the way she doesn’t want to let them take away her baby is so heart warming
And we wonder why pandas are endangered. Panda: has twins Also panda: yea I’m just gonna leave this one here bye
It's not exactly like that. Search it up and you'll find the truth but I must say it's really heart shattering.
It's basically supply control, and it is heart-shattering.
They’d probably thrive worse if they cared for two. Abandoning the weakest ensures the strongest has the best supplies and makes sure they live till adulthood so they can take on the next generation.
Leeza_ Imperfection or you stop being lazy and just explain it here.
@@knuffelbeer193 if I'll explain and you'll still not get it, then I'll be hurt. So, it's better for me and you both To just do the effort that each of us need to do. And secondly, if I'm gonna start writing here, then it'll be so long that people will be replying to my comment saying tldr and on the other hand what you'll have to do is just write' pandas reproduction habits' and the rest will be done by your eyes. So, it's up to you whatever you want.
One of the few species where the adult is cuter than the baby.
The baby is still pretty cute though!
The baby is still very new. Give it a few months it will be cute too.
It’s like a premature baby sometimes they really aren’t cute and the panda cub is a very new baby but in time it’ll get cuter🙂
Newborns of any species aren't cute. You have to give them a few months
Humans being the other. Human babies are damn ugly
She realized she had twins pandas will always take care of the stronger twin to make sure one survives
Look at the love and mercy of animals towards its kids, that may humans are lacking in.
THANK GOD......only SOME HUMANS, not all. humans are lacking in parental LOVE.
I can’t believe how small panda baby’s really are
And the cute noises and the way the mama snuggles them.
@bull Zhou How many months after birth before they mature to normal baby strength?
@@kimtee8961 2-3 months
@bull Zhou they're not born prematurely. They're just born small because it's easier for their bodies to convert the little nutrition that bamboo (the staple of a pandas diet) provides into milk rather than to convert it into animal tissue so their cubs are born small so they can get the rest of their nutritional value through moms milk. It's a breeding strategy that comes with trade offs, unfortunately.
They werent supposed to be that big,but due to lack of enemy(animals) that get in their way to eat food,all they do in their adulthood was to eat and sleep thus becoming what you see in the video.
2:06 Cub: "Mom! Help me!" Mother: "This is some good water"
This is some serious gourmet shit!
This is real gourmet shit,
Gordon Ramsay be like “ITS RAW”
Mr. Cat WHERE IS THE LAMB SAUCE!
Mmh, Klimanjaro water...
I love seeing humans and animals working together like this. We all share this planet and animals and insects do a lot to help the planet and people. We're all we have, after all.
Such a beautiful creature and caring mother
It’s crazy how similiar humans and animals are- my mom would also be willing to give me up in exchange for a bowl of honey water
Damn 😂
rip
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😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Imagine having this guy narrating your life every day lmao. "The lazy one watches netflix today and wow its so focused
Lmaooo dead
Huh⚠️⚠️🤣
😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
it'd be lit
Great job guys to take a good care of pandas generations. Big Respect to you and what you do for our planet.
Look how she loves them. Good mama.
Panda: i love my baby. Honeywater enters the chat* Panda: what baby?
@@yourstepdadswife don't even bother anymore. Its youtube
That just shows how much trust she has for her keepers. They must love her because she responds and doesn't get upset. Bravo handlers
Lol
I'm impressed with the devotion and dedication of the panda's handlers - swapping the twins up to 10x a day to ensure both survive.
Couldn't agree more this made my soul happy
Please read about "Panda Diplomacy" and you will realise why they are so devoted.
I'm more impressed how stupid are pandas, they are doing all their best to die and stop the specie and we're saving them just cause they're cute
@Guru Amirite it might just be that those people don't have enough funds or land to build a comfortable place for pandas. Although that's unlikely, there's no doubt that Chinese people love their work and love pandas. Pandas are one of the national symbols of China, and many do their best to take care of them, even if the pandas are behind bars. Also note that this is only one mother panda. Maybe this is the easiest place to tend to pandas with cubs, and afterwards they'll be moved back to better enclosures, with their friends. But who knows.
Brandon Chan good answers.... 👌
I love how the Panda keepers always look like the best mommas themselves, in everything they do! 🤗
This is just so pure and beautiful and really made my morning! Sir David Attenborough is the most calming man in the world.
For those saying her cage is small or sad. She's probably only there while she's nursing. I'm sure it's easy to clean, quiet & safer for them.
Donna Mauer - the Chinese absolutely adore Pandas so I’m sure there’s a good reason she’s there. Like you said, quiet, safe and easy to clean.
@Jay Pandas are never really 'wild' animals. They should have been wiped out in the wilds left alone. Pandas are plain stupid and doesn't have the ability to live out in the wild, so captive is better. They were always dependent.
I replied this on another comment that was saying it was mean to keep her in a cage like this but this just the indoor part of her enclosure, there is also an outdoor part that she can access at any time. In the wild when pandas are about to give birth they will find a cave to nest down in to have their child and for a few weeks after birth, she’s choosing to stay in there because that’s what feels safe and natural for her. Also in most zoos the outdoor part is the area open for public viewing so going inside means she’s gets quiet and privacy to care for her new babies. When pandas are born they are blind and extremely helpless, it would dangerous at this stage to have rocks, leaves etc in her space. It’s also easier to keep sterile and clean as the newborns are also very susceptible to illness for the first few weeks. They spend most of their time tucked in their mother’s armpit where her nipples are, breastfeeding.
Yes. They are very much endangered
Yeah if they did anything to the pandas they’d think they were cursed
Dude just stole my baby... But this water good tho.
Honey*
Triggered Feminist honey water*
baby: mama! waaaa- oh hey bro i thought i was an only child wussup
The panda isn't a broke black person. Stop talking like one
The Tactical Agenda prob some white kid with pumptism
Aww these pandas look so sweet and gentle
A mothers love for her children is amazing…
Po was taken from his mom because of honey water.
and a peacock
Po has a twinnnnnnn!
@@aparajitamukteshwaram4374 every panda is a twin for Po
omg.. so sad.
LOL
She is not giving her baby up for honey. She trusts the workers because they take care of her too. It's like she is giving her baby up to Grandma for 5 min while she eats
Okay! These animals aren't dumb!
@@vivian6761 are you got brain damage
@@catosicarius3368 can you English
thank you...haters listen
Ca ss: agree..😊
Love how the cub can tell her mother's touch and immediately eases up
Why is this so beautiful to watch... Why are mothers so beautiful and peaceful?
I love how she's casually drinking her water with honey while they took her child and just like be like "ok just give her back in a minute or two let me just finish this"
faxxxxx 💀
Actually it's really sad because it shows how really vulnerable SHE is and how incapable she is of defending her cubs
@@ihsahnakerfeldt9280 bruh
@@ihsahnakerfeldt9280I’m sure she wouldn’t have let her cub go if she was in the wild. She’s been domesticated and she trusts the staff, plus, they always come back unharmed.
It’s a form of conditioning, the more this interaction happens between the keeper and the panda, the easier it would be to do this. (In theory)
Grizzly bear: one step towards my cub and I’ll rip your spine out Panda: I will protec.. ooo honey water
😅
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She is an animal bro Please Don't comment like this, Sometimes "humans" are totally not able to save their child, than what...
Pandas are humble
These keepers are amazing and ever so patient swapping these baby pandas at a critical part of their babyhood. Thank you for your love snd dedication. 💖🐼💖🐼💖
She is so gentle with her baby, it’s lovely to watch.
My child is screaming? I better go help- OH SHOOT IS THAT HONEY WATER?!
Oh *shoot* ha ok bye
lol
Imagine human parents doing that: My child is getting kidnapped? I’ll get yo- *ice cream truck music plays in the distance* IS THAT ICE CREAM-
Honey water is like booze to an alcoholic! Gotta have it!
*Child gets taken* Mother: I’ll save yo... Is that chocolate? CHOCOLATE! CHOCOLATE!
That moment when your mom is too thirsty to love you.
We call that a "wine-o"
Apparently pandas are just awful parents in general pff
#relatable
But you eat burgers for dinner LOL and you're an animal lover?
@@buzzoff5026 Not awful. Just natural selection. Maybe the twins happen to make sure if one dies their is another. Who knows but it seems they mother one at a time.
I'm impressed the handler survived, never mind the twins.
Quanto cuidado, quanto carinho. É emocionante!
Panda Documentary: The zookeepers tend to not share their precious honey water, but this hard working mother has figured out an ingenious plan to not only get the humans to pay out, but to do a little babysitting on the side.
Lmaoo this is a funny comment
Haha. Best Plot Twist EVER
and I still can hear Attenborough's voice while reading this.
Molly Miller I thought the same exact thing... I was like no way that momma doesn’t know the difference between those cubs!
Hilariously clever 😆
Keeper: Give me the baby Panda: no Keeper: I'll give you honey water Panda: ok take him
this is a gold one
That saiga picture make it more funny
@@yakublmaoo8468 saiga?
“Shut up and take my child!”
I love these honey water comments 😂
Sometimes I watch panda videos and see the way they just lay around with their legs threw everywhere and start to wish I get reborn as a panda
When Big Mama opened her jaws to pick up tiny Baby, my heart stopped for a second
If anybody is asking why they’re in a such small space, it’s because Pandas in the wild go into small spaces to give birth. After that, they go back into the open enclosure.
Thanks for clarifying
yes
That makes sense, though Chinese zoo's are notorious for having inhumane conditions for their captive animals.
@@thexbigxgreen i doubt they’re going to torture a highly endangered animal that is considered to be symbolic of their country
@@thexbigxgreen zoos in america have it just as bad if not worse.
Plot twist: the panda knows and just realized she only has to do half the work this way, still have two healthy kids, AND get more honey water. Big brain panda.
Oxymoron: Big brain panda
@@IRefuseToUseThisStupidFeature lmfaooo
It might be: there is (or was, idk) a panda faking pregnancies to get better treatments
I guess pandas will eventually take over the world... PANDA: THE RISE FOR HONEY WATER
She probably knows though because they have different scents and Pandas are quite intelligent.
Oh my GOODNESS bless the keeper's hearts!
She hugs the babies just like humans so cute !
The voice that we all trust when it comes to nature. Sir David Attenborough.
I love his voice make the story so interesting
they spared no expense
Not in the hood!
I love his voice 😂
Best narrator. Ever.
Now this is what we want on trending
Amen!
Player 1 RIGHT! Not some clickbait video with someone filling their pool up with slime or some shit
Would much rather have this than Jake Pauls new music video.
Or any of the ksi vs logan paul bullshit.
its on my trending
The cell with a cement floor and bars mimics natural conditions.
They are caged only for birth
She is some laid back. Amazing. I just love the panda bear.
The way the panda huggs her baby is probably the cutest thing I’ve ever seen
And then trades it for honey water is also cute 🥰
And there's 65% that the baby will be crushed or suffocated
@@sticknodesanimationsandgam6839 lol where the fuck did you hear that
@@missm2925 lmao
“I didn’t know I was pregnant.” PANDA EDITION
😂😂😂
I’m dying of laughter
Maybe the panda mom is soon going to be on Maury, looking for the baby dady. " Look Maury, they have the same dark circles and the same paw color, he's the father!"
Miri Kira lmaoo😂💀
Brodie-tzu “with twins”
아이바오 푸바오 미모가 이쁜거였고 아이바오랑 푸바오가 사육사와 믿음이 깊은거였구나😅
Lili lived in Korea too
I just love the fact yawns are contagious amongst pandas
2:20 "You're gonna bring that back, right...? Okay, I'ma be here with my honey water."
Paynus Vajonas lol!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Paynus Vajonas sad thing is those pandas live on a hard stone floor
Adorable 😂🤣😊
Lol
@@shaggyui1087 but hopefully theyre so fat, maybe they dont feel it much? Lol, yah youd think theyd give them at least a rubber mat they can power-hose clean with alomg with the floor smh
Panda child protective services
Nothing like DCF/CPS their the exact opposite
Lmao
Average Steve ~ Ugh...Well, at least Panda Protective Services appears to be much kinder and more humane than Child Protective Services. 🐼
Simba trust me you have no idea how difficult it is to work for CPS, it’s not as easy as everyone thinks
Deliciando amaral
So adorable
that's the most absolute cutest thing I have seen OMG! and how cool the technique and all that
That mom straight up traded her son for a bowl of honey lol
Daniel Lozano me 😂
This got me pissing myself 😂
It might be the trust zoo keepers build over time
You didn’t observe the reluctance?
Lol
Cub: I'm being kidnapped. Save me mom! Mom: hhhmmm..... Honey water.
😂😂😂😂
🤣🤣🤣🤣
🅱️🅱️🅱️🅱️
I read this with Homer Simpson's voice
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😅
Mom an her cubs are so adorable.
They are such beautiful relaxed caring animals
0:18 mummy panda yawns and baby panda folllows.
I thought for a second she was going to swallow him by accident
Thank you for pointing this out. Lol it was super cute.
Yawning is contagious
adorable omg
So cuteeee🥰🥰
Imagine your mom actually letting a man take you away because the man had honey water.
My mom did this. I'm still not over it.
yesplease Fs in the chat.
@@cheesecakelasagna English please
F
@@raajankumar4390 English
The sounds the babies make!!!! TOO CUTE!!
Real dedication from the panda keeper & well narrated by sir David
Mum: Oh you cannot tempt me with your honey water. I am a good mother, you cannot have my precious baby. You cannot have my baby for even a second. 1 minute later: More honey water please. How about you hold my baby so I can really focus on this?
cringe*
Qsrro grand haha
Your parents ignored you didn't they?
Lol 😜
😄
The way she picked up her cub and hugged him is hart warming
Hart
@@zonunahmar2035 it’s not a spelling bee 🙄
@@zoerose1813 and this is not a place for grammar mistakes
@@floro4625 and it’s not a SPELLING BEE
He said heart in panda's language
The lady is doing a wonderful job with helping the Panda population. Well done to them all.
2:17 “See ya son, gonna enjoy my honey water”
The way the Panda sits with her baby is so cute
it is!
Wow they are switched 10 times a day what dedication on that zookeepers part... that's a lot! Lots and lots of patience......
And a lot of will power
out of this world thinking
@ByeBitch 《 Getting paid to do a job and taking shifts does not mean it doesn't require patience. Anyone working in healthcare, or human resources and many other jobs could tell you that.
KELSIB WELLS the pandas also can’t see the sky or go outside but whatever their kids survive
@@mollym7140 WOW😯
AREN'T THEY JUST AMAZING..... BEAUTIFUL...
OMG! She is so adorable… they are such interesting creatures.. she loves her babies even though she thinks she only has one.. LOL.
Panda: No, human, this cub is mine! Human: *brings honey water* Panda: ...deal
😂
Haha
Lmaoo
@I know I’m gay when I say this but you and the two other idiots who liked your comment better change the way you think. That’s nothing to play around with
@@Saturdayz_In_The_Fall lol they only liked his comment bcz of his name read his name then his comment lol
Panda mom: wft do you mean "you're hungry" you JUST ate!
Underrated comment 😂😂
Me to my kids “Are you really hungry already or are you just thirsty or bored?” 🤨
😂
shit's classic X me to my kid daily 😩😭😂
Congrats i'm your 1000 like
Pandas are such gentle creatures, I’m glad I adopted one now. Their my favourite animal. So I don’t want them to die :(
Unbelievably cute