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Cub class: clingy baby panda hitches a lift on keeper’s leg
SEOUL, Jan 27, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – Video footage of an adorable baby giant
panda clinging desperately to her zookeeper’s leg in South Korea has garnered
more than four million hits on YouTube.
In the viral clip the zookeeper weighs little Fu Bao on a scale and then
places the baby panda on the floor in an enclosure at the Everland Zoo near
Seoul.
But it seems the six-month-old cub — whose name means “a treasure that
gives happiness” — does not want to be separated from her keeper.
Fu Bao wraps her front paws around his leg, clinging on even as he tries
to walk away.
She is carried across the room until the zookeeper bends down to untangle
his leg from Fu Bao’s grip.
The persistent cub tries to grab him once again before she gives up and
rolls over in retreat.
The near two-minute long video shows the zookeeper placing the baby panda
next to a pile of bamboo leaves before walking away.
“I am in love with that panda. He’s just so cute and furry,” commented one
user.
Another user added: “Bruh, I couldn’t have this job. They’d fire me cuz I
wouldn’t get anything done except cuddling pandas.”
Fu Bao was born last year to a pair of giant pandas presented to South
Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2016.
BSS/AFP/FI/ 1325 hrs