Raising Cute Pandas: It's Complicated | National Geographic
Giant panda cubs are adorable fluff balls that squeak and squeal. This endangered species is also incredibly tricky to breed and raise in captivity. In the 1960s, only 30 percent of infant pandas born at breeding centers survived. Today 90 percent survive. So, what changed?
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In the last 20 years, China has successfully tackled three of the biggest problems holding the giant panda back. Through research and experimentation, researchers at China's breeding centers have discovered how to encourage captive pandas to mate, how to make sure the pregnancy is successful, and how to keep the panda cubs alive once they've been born. For mating, they found that offering the females a choice of mate as well as enriching panda diets leads to a better chance of successful mating. A panda pregnancy can range from 73 days to 324 days depending on the weight of the mother panda and conditions she experiences during pregnancy. This knowledge, backed by medical advancements in artificial insemination, has allowed for more successful pregnancies in captive pandas.
Pandas often give birth to twins, and mothers usually choose to nurture only the stronger cub, resulting in the other twin's death. Panda keepers have found a way to save this cub by "sharing custody." Periodically, the keepers will swap out the infants, caring for one themselves while the other is with the mother. This way, every cub has a chance to survive. When in human care, the keepers must frequently massage the gut of the cub to help stimulate bowel movements-as infant pandas are unable to defecate without assistance.
All of these factors have led to the spike in the panda's survival rates. More recently, the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda has made another breakthrough: It’s the only center in the world to successfully breed pandas and then release them into the wild. Five pandas have been released since 2006, though two have died. Before release, the pandas must go through a series of trials meant to test their abilities to survive in the wild, while avoiding human interference as much as possible. China's dedication to panda research is leading the rest of the globe in panda conservation.
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to help the panda you must *become the panda*
This needs more likes
@@teusahii Right?!
@@calisahardy4845 i already became a panda
@@saltysovet Lol...ok
Talk with master yu accent
Professor: "We will train them to recognize enemy predators" Panda: * walk passes right in front of the cheetah"
Somehow I don't think panda will lose a fight against cheetah...The nature of panda is still a bear. Truly, pandas don't eat or attack people, but they are still powerful beast. \\ ٩( ᐛ )و //
It’s a leopard
Or a jaguar Because I don’t know which is located in which area
Alann Regino Jaguars are only found in Central and Southern America, not Asia.
Guraman Grewal thank you I was always confused about which on liven in which mostly due to there color pattern
This young panda will soon be adopted by a goose who makes noodles and ultimately become the chosen one.
YES THE TIME HAS COME.
Imagine if some peacock just came and comitt genocide and left only one of them
Our last dragon.. is here
Well😅
Ye he will defeat a chi master and become a chi master just like that i guess (movie spoilers)
They're so clumsy and innocent that they're endangering themselves 😂
I mean occasionally in Minecraft a panda Will just roll off a cliff
Nah, not entirely their fault. Also due to human activities, their habitats get destroyed
@@Pratyush2124 well I mean yeah, humans do account for its depopulation. But do keep in mind that they’re specialist bears, they can’t really adapt into new environments or really eat other foods. Same goes for the polar bear, they can’t really get out of the ice. I’m not saying that it’s not o our fault, I’m just saying that they also endanger themselves with their characteristics.
your comment is funny and sad at the same time.. i dont want them to be endangered :(
@@francisgarcia2428 With breeding programs/centres going on for this many years giant pandas are no longer "Endangered". Their conservative status was lowered to "Vulnerable" now!
0:18 This is the best job in the world!! 1:58 never mind!
Soorin Sayadi lol cracked me up in the library
I'd still take that over sitting behind a desk.
A small price to be close to cute cuddly pandas so i wont mind
1:09 This is worse
Ahahahaha
If I was a panda, I’d be scarred for life if I saw one of the workers in a panda costume.
Ikr that's so creepy
you wouldnt cause you wont know that they are actually human
@@mrshitterthepencilspitter6931 but dude they are walking with two legs what do you expect???
@Martena Sky I know but not all the time WORSE they are literally walking around cleaning with a broom!!!! And again pandas can walk on two legs but for only a minute.....
You humans, no animals
Imagine being so well known for how you take care of this species’s babies that your universal nickname is “Papa Panda”.
Daddy Panda ;)
Papa Panda>Tiger King
Antonie lambert Sorry Tiger king>papa panda>lion king
imagine if he studies martial arts, he will be called kungfu papanda
I was your 1k like!
“And that’s why we need to train them” *kunfu fighting starts playing*
*EVERYBODY WAS KUNG FU FIGHTING!* **CHINESE FLUTE**
Huu haa
Fermez vos gueules
@@sandrinerochatturrian3261 non toi
That dude should be a Pokemon professor.
Aren't you supposed to be dead Heather??
Heather Chandler oh my gosh lol
Hahaha yeaa
lmao
Yes!
your species is endangered?.. act cute. problem solved!
What if the animal is ugly
Psychic sylveon extinction
@@lotus_dream 😂
Wed Stein yup
Someone stfu ugly
1:41 those guys really said “Welcome to the Panda Cult”
hmmm does sound kinda cool doe
*LETS CREATE A NEW RELIGION BOIS*
@@cjmartinez8318 I'm in
Lol
lol
They look like the most terrifying bank robbers... EVER
If you mean these guys at the 1:39 - 1:40 mark, than NO CRUD! Those are nightmare inducing in themselves! ..... They should use those for Halloween.😈
It’s all fun and games until they do the skadoosh on you.
😂😂😂
*Just dont let pandas watch Kung fu Panda*
🤣
yup just like from kungfoo panda😂😂😂😂
I wanna watch poe again for the baby scene
Imagine going for a walk in a forest and you see these guys 1:41
In a few years considering the number of Chinese people ,I think they would get paid to act as pandas in some forests so China doesn't have to say that it is endangered to the world
It’s KKK
@@tenzin9327 That wit though 🔥🔥🔥
You get promised a sighting of a panda on a tour and you see that "This isn't what I had in mind"
I'm gone in the other direction
1:36 it shrieked when it fell. I swear my heart can’t take this much cuteness 🥺❤️
Hmm yess, same is with my pet baby Mongoose 🥺🥺, 🦦
eeAah
So when some animal fell it's cute?
hi
@@xxdavid_gaming687no just the voice
I feel like natural selection doesn't want the pandas to survive, but humans refuse to let it go extinct solely because it's one of the most adorable things on the planet. Personally, I'm ok with this, and would like to own one.
Evolution is not kind to this animal at all.
@@BaeBunni course not, their survival and matng plan... Doesn't look good.
@@BaeBunni how do you belive in this nonsense. Cmon
@@mateokarlvonpavlovic8295 I'm pretty sure most baby pandas die of constipation because their diet is awful.
@@BaeBunni I said how do you belive in Evolution. Well the babies have milk.
1:36. That squeak when the lil panda rolled over 🤣🤣
Yea it was so cute
He just went "eeaaaaahh!"
Ahhh!
Lol
Yahhhhhhhhh ♥
When the narrator said the pandas are trained to recognize their enemies, I half expected to se a guy in a leopard suit.
and spray leopard urine on the suits lol
Kung Fu Panda reference... I like it!
🐼
@@vinceofficial94 h o w
Gordon Ramsay's chin Tai Lung
How this animal survived to this day with all it's shortcomings is a freakin miracle.
In the “wild” there’s no predators big enough to eat them & Pandas are great tree climbers so they don’t have much enemies. Their short comings are how hard it is to breed ironically enough
@@kaahzvi5820 Panda cubs are very vulnerable, even a weasel around 70cm can attack it in the wild
hi
They chose bamboo over other food because there was no competition. That's how they survived in areas where other bears could not. They might look clumsy but they are very strong and have very good dexterity with their front paws considering they could easily break a bamboo tree and hold it in their paws. Tiger is perhaps the only predator in the area that could deal with an adult panda bear. Baby pandas are weak when they are small but panda mom generally protects them until they could climb. They are very skilled climbers and could sleep on trees. Overall, their only shortcoming is their mating issue.
They are the perfect example of "pretty privilege" ,their weapon is their cuteness that humans will do anything to protect them😂😂
Little that they know one of them would become the legendary dragon warrior.
Shaboosh
Omg lmao 🤣🤣🤣🤚
WRONG u r nor the dragon warrior u will never be the dragon warrior
@@mastershifu2414 xD
They walk around in suits sprayed with panda urine and poop? Now that is dedication!
Indeed, very few people will take such strange decisions to help pandas. Now, that's being responsible! xD
Hey always they aren't getting anymore endangered
Random KZhead Watcher Sidebar: I am not sure on what your race, culture, gender etc is but you just stereotyped white people by saying they are racists. Btw i personal take offence to this because I am white and not racist and live in a country where the topic is a huge problem. Just something to think about if you want to bring up other people's prejudices
Random KZhead Watcher Even if that is true you are basing your argument on something from centuries ago. Shall I say all black people live in huts then? Or that all Germans hate Jews? No because that is stereotyping and holding the past against a whole group of people in the present. Please consider that I don't appreciate being labeled as such and actually take offense to the label. It is untrue in my case and in the case of my friends and family. You are asking for people to be sensitive to your sitution while being insensitive to mine. This is irrational and counteractive.
Random KZhead Watcher ffs... even if whites did "invent" racism, all the other guy is saying thats its hypocritical to say ALL whites r racist. u saying that makes you a racist, if you couldn't tell. this is coming from an asian too, so dont pull that minority card on me.
0:20 I am pretty sure heaven looks like this
Wait till you have to help all of them poo 😅
Oh yes
*Harem* looks like this
Agreed
666th like
1:36 when the panda fell it sounded like it said: ahhh!!!
Ikr
But it’s there speaking but it sounded like it
@devanlopez6931 as an huge biggest panda fan i agree this is the panda speaking They say iiiiih aaaaah aaaaw iiiw
the sound they make is so freaking adorable
hi
Panda , what a weird choice of evolution , these players spend too many points on cuteness stat and lower everything else .
I knoww ryt, like pooping points and all 😂
Pfft. Don't underestimate the power of the Cuteness. ;)
They increased cuteness stats to tempt humans into preserving them.
Tierzoo reference.
That's working pretty well for them in the current meta....the human players provide for them beacuse of their cuteness stats.
Wow! she just literally beat the shit outta that panda.
i see what u did there lol
wow u r right
Polina Z Ralte
这是为了帮助小熊猫排便,动作是模仿熊猫妈妈的动作!
I am still intrigued as to how they get constipated .. they *eat bamboo* all day sometime back, i ate a cup of bamboo shoots & I pooped continuously for 2 days ... it is *100% fiber*
1:36 Look at him falling and rolling awww
A really cute puppy comes close but I don't think there's a cuter animal than a giant panda cub. Their eyes are just so expressive and you can almost see them smile.
hi
Those panda suits make them look like really shitty bank robbers lol
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Crunchburger literally shitty bank robbers because the suits is sprayed with panda shit and piss
Indeed that is the latest fashion trend for bank robbers! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!
Hahaha im looking for someone to say this!
Crunchburger i
When the humans became pandas at 1:43 I was like 'really'
1:09
I was like wat da flip
Lol! Ikr.. My son literally told me about this place in China I think where they wear panda costumes and put panda pee pee on themselves so the pandas won't get use to the human scent.. When I saw them dressed as pandas I about died!
Really does show their dedication though
Lol the costumes are kinda terrifying
2:22 that one sits and acts like a boss
That panda costume seems like something a villain group would wear
Exactly 😆😆, for creating trap
0:48 Watching the mother Panda give birth to a child so tiny in respect to her size has left me dumbstruck.
oH MY GOD I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE THAT WAS A BIRTH, I THOUGHT THE BABY PANDA WAS JUST HIDDEN BEHIND THE PANDA MOM'S BODY OR SOMETHING. SHE LITERALLY SHAT THE BABY OUT.
@@bellalalala3327 lmao the mama panda gives birth to the baby so easily
@@chs6242 cause it's so tiny 0w0
@@bellalalala3327 Bella la la la she shat the baby out like it's nothing
@@tfuesnephew5099 if only human giving a birth was as easy like pandas XD
2:05 Panda's saying to the guy "Yeah, I'll pretend I don't know that's you Steve in a costume!"
ChiKeytatiOon Steve!!! 😂😂😂😩😩😩
Looks like hes gonna break rob someone or something lol
Looks like he winked😂
They are Chinese
Jackie!
0:30 Left panda be like: Why are we here? Just to suffer?
Great respect for the doctor and his team
hi
yes
He just walked across the cheetah like nothing lmaooo
Daniel Perez the panda was heading for a tree. It made some frightened noises
Its not a Cheetah there are no Cheetahs in Asia
@@simonlouw7361 the statue! Did you see it?
Leopard
@@simonlouw7361 there are actually cheetah in southwest Asia
i am dying of panda cuteness
That man With the pandas, Was covered with adorable cuteness .
THEY ARE KILLING ME INSIDE WITH THEIR CUTENESS.AHHHH
SkittlesXP RI{
Too bad while they look cute on the outside, they are dangerous on the inside.
Me too!! :D
What's easier than pooping ? Panda : giving birth 0:48😂😂
Because the babies are small like a mouse
The baby pandas when they see actual pandas in the wild: how many other lies have I been told by the council!!
I don't know why, but the panda suits are hilarious.
yep.
I think that's scary😲😲😲😲
lol its like joker in a panda suit
يي
i feel the same. before the explaination of this suit, i thought they were just for fun.
1:36 hehe that cute yell and fall 😂
EHHHHH!
Plop
The panda be like -Misson failed we ll get em next time
Stella Hart not cute
So funny
So cute if only they could stay that size 😂💖.
IF we can own them like a little panda pet never grow in size, that would be so awesome..
@@angelinabui1972 why would you do that miniaturization of animals always bring about massive health concern
@@EricChien95 they never said it should happen, just that it'd be nice if it were possible at no risk to the panda.
I still think the adults are adorable too haha
yea lol-
Watching this video made me appreciate the beauty of nature and the incredible diversity of animal life. It's incredible how animals, big or small, can effortlessly bring a smile to our faces. They possess a unique ability to evoke emotions of love, compassion, and pure happiness.
I lost my shit with panda suits
lee kuroro did it end up on their suits?
The new Fortnite skin
Hope you find it.
@@RosePatty wahaha
They look like bank robbers in panda suits
0:19 Instant cure for depression
1:09 Never mind
@@MohanKumar-sc4jk ok I want to HAVE a bath right noowww
@@jenagedanstavieprivee1828 lmao 😂
Until it poops
this is not even a joke , i have been in depression and am sure that would help alot lol
2:13 When the Dragon Warrior meets Tai Lung
Their voice is the cutest thing i've ever heard. 💖
When will be my turn? To lie down and get hugged by pandas.
You must pay! XD
...and you must make them and clean their poops😋
When you spray... Whatever panda scent concoction these people have on themselves.
@Momonari yeah your right
1:34 the ultimate replay button of cuteness.
Frida Ackermann 1:09
@@lugh6982 I-
Frida Ackermann :D
@@lugh6982 NOOOOO my eyes
@@lugh6982 no what are they doing to it no noo nooooooooo
💖 I swear pandas exist in this world just to be cute and roll around! ❤️
What an amazingly dedicated group of individuals. Such an enjoyable video ☺️👌🏽
hi
*WARNING CUTENESS OVERLOADED*
Ishika - your right 😂
Too late, I was a goner in the first ten seconds. Pandas are just precious!
TIME TO TURN IT INTO MAXIMUM OVER DRIVE
Ishika - TRUE
*showing panda birth* Yeah thats cuteness overload
That is some dedication right there, I admire that truly!
+Squala I know!
+Squala I'm so happy there survival rating has gone up to 90%! If I'm correct…
Cute
😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😃😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Grayson Petrichor
0:22 That looks like a good way to nap.
😂1:40 ok wasn't really expecting that.I was here for cute pandas this one is cute though.. nd tAll
life goal: hug a panada
Nylon true i want to do that too
You can do that in China, but for a good price.
I dunno, I think hugging a panda would be nicer.
I've actually hugged a panda when I went to China; it's the greatest thing you'll ever do
Anna Bedell HOW?!
1:58 the things the keepers do to save a species
My life rn: 1:18 how it began 1:41 how it's going
It is very difficult to train these kind of things to pandas. These persons are incredible who are doing for this for the pandas.
Complicated and ADORABLE
Love my bros
Adorable when you club them with a tire knocker
Fluffy cotton candy unicorns wtf
Parents: Why are you going to China? Me: Pandas.... Parents: Understandable.
Parents : why are you going to china ? Me: Tigers...and kung fu Parents : Nope.
Minecraft
I F* LOVE PANDAS I WILL COME WITH CHUUUU
To see how abused animals were created there,understandable
@@DawnsWR One portion of attention you want is "created".
Me trying to remind my self that pandas are wild animals.
pandas are the only bears i wouldn't be afraid of encountering in the wild
Wow you're a cool cat and you to cool for skool and training
I would runn to baby panda hug to death
i laught so hard seeing them dressd up in panda costume!!!!!😂😂😂
náo
The pandas are going into the wild thinking: "Ok, so I see the normal, fat kind of panda-But where's the emaciated looking species with the skin falling off of its face?"
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Lmao
HAHAHAH this made me laugh so hard omg thank you for this
God, he’s so freakin’ lucky to have baby pandas on and around him!!!! Would give anything just to do that!!
0:25 is a reasonable representation of what heaven would be like.
When the director was on the ground and surrounded by baby pandas.....LIFE GOAL!
hi
Can’t...Handle...the...cuteness! 😍😭 🐼
Yuppp!!
1. Pandas are all owned by China. Zoos only rent them 2. It costs a million for an adult, 600k for a baby panda, pandas born or die in zoos also must be paid for to China 3. After 10 years, pandas must be returned to china 4. Money spent on pandas could have been spent to save hundreds of other species that are going extinct. They lost all cuteness to me.
@@annereilley4892 Saving pandas and the habitat they live in also save many other species living in that habitat because there are many other species that also depend on bamboo to survive. Pandas happen to be the charismatic species that draws the most attention, but their charisma save many species from extinction.
1:09
SAME!!!
Aww! So many cuties...😍 And good job to those who take care of them. 😃
hi
0:18 So that's what heaven is like
Yep.
Nah, there are billion eyed wheels and 6 winged burning creatures up there
@@user-dx1gx8yv7s I think your at the wrong place
@@theprincemonster7575 search up “Biblically Acurate Angels”.
@@shuya8904 these angels are from a certain group. so it's not confirmed that all angels have 1000 giant wheel eyes or anything considered creepy for that matter because they all come in different forms and shapes.
That my friends is how u get rid of depression have a bunch of baby pandas lay all over you
Marcus Segura I could use that treatment right about now
You will have depresion trying to make them babies tho.
They almost sound like young kittens. So cute.
Props to the dude for trying so hard to keep pandas alive.
0:33 I'll pretend I didn't see that
Okay then I'll pretend that I never heard those moans 😂
vydra didn’t see what?
😂😂
That Girl Reacts lol
Itz Chloe no I honestly don’t know what you’re talking about!
1:39 i remember those guys from my sleep paralysis
look like they came right out of a Kubrick movie or sumn
😂💀
Alright this genuinely gave me a good chuckle
They straight up looks like people from dark web ugh ik this is not funny but still-
*And you realize people actually poach these creatures* Sometimes I can't help but think that humans are probably the real animals
@I O? As far as I know pandas are terrible at mating and producing meat
Humans are literally animals lol. Anyways, poaching hasn't been a problem for pandas for decades. Many animals are currently endangered because of poaching but not pandas. Their primary concern is habitat loss and their poor potential to adapt to change (which isn't "their fault" or anything but that's a part of the species).
@Sins Marketplace Actually, pandas are highly protected creatures in China.
They have tender meat, i ate one panda with my friends after hunting one of them in woods, believe me their meat is very yummy and tasty.😋😋
@Samantha Davis They're lying. Killing a Panda is illegal in China, punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine.
One of the greatest adorable video of all time!
0:28 this baby panda looks so shocked Hahahahhaa
he’s like WHERE I AM
for good reason u see how the guy just picked it up like a ragdoll
He was caught eating, now master shi-fu will bring justice. 😅
When I see fire coming out of the oven:
Pandas are given viagra in some places
The panda at 0:03 was like “waz good”
i’m literally crying rn
Coinsby who hurt you
Hahaha 🤣
Panda: *lemme just-*
Lol
These amazing creatures are adorable i live how they cuddle you its so cute.
Director : infant panda are blind. -Mean while- _Panda : __2:26__, OHoHōHooO... OHoHoHOoo...!_
I am really impressed. China is very DEDICATED to animal research and preserving species!
Jyanne Skye yeah thats why they roast dogs alive.
james Joseph yes,we eat human being everyday, especially white ,so delicious😻😻
qu Pananda yeah, we are cannibals and we are proud XD
+james Joseph we eat pigs, cows, rabbits (not me atleast), chickens and any other type of meat. Why should dogs be different?
Yo~ you eat pandas? humans? monkeys?
THAT LITTLE PANDA CRYING OUT AS HE FELL WAS SO CUTE
Hows your hand?
She/he
hi
Awww sweet baby so cute! That’s a fun job to have. Play with baby pandas every day 🌼💖
0:21 WELCOME TO HEAVEN
1:40 hello darkness my old friend
Ikr so creepy
😂😂
To help a panda *You must be the panda*
0:22 i have never been this jealous in my whole life 😭😭😭😭
Till you see what they have to wear!! 😆
Lol
me too
Brub
Name and pfp checks out
Thank you for saving this beautiful creature
Oh so cute and adorable. Feels to hug them.
🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼 🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼 🐼🐼👨🐼🐼 🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼 🐼🐼🐼🐼🐼 that professor
eu vou fala náo
my dream!!
how i want to die
I'm jealous
I like. Panda
I'm so happy that pandas are no longer endangered. ❤️
NostalgicSummer 1114 me to!
NostalgicSummer1114 I hope they really all die
james Joseph Aw, you're such a cute little troll.
NostalgicSummer1114 thank you so much! : )
Me too
한국인 있나요? 진짜 귀엽다ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ 판다야🩷ㅡ🩷
I'm just so happy that careful people are actually caring for them XOX
1:40 Welcome to the dark world
Lmao😂😂😂
Squiddi
If I ever died and I was welcomed by these things I would want to come back to life
Lmao im in the bathroom and im laughing at a person who is wearing a panda suit
Volunteered there roughly 4, 5 years ago - those were good times. These pandas are absolutely awesome :3
How does one volunteer???? 😁
Wow
How luckyyyy
hi
You might want to lay out the details here. There are folks who look like they could kill for that job.
The word of adorableness takes over the world
When the little baby panda tumbled down I wanted to run and catch him 🥺😩
1:33 When that panda fell i died 😂
With the noise as well😂
@@justaliney 😍🤣
Its not that funny
That "yaa" sound 😀😀