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Baby Pandas Snuggle, Nap (PHOTO)

The Huffington Post    
First Posted: 09/27/11 05:17 PM ET Updated: 11/27/11 05:12 AM ET

Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road.

Today, we've upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. The pandas are in a nursery at the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, China.

Actually, they might even be too cute, right?

NPR pointed out that these photos also accompany the news that Tuesday marks the beginning of China's once-in-a-decade census of pandas in the wild. According to the Associated Press, giant pandas are threatened by a loss of habitat, poaching and poor breeding abilities.

This summer, 44 red pandas were moved to Pu'er National Park in China, in an effort to protect the endangered species.

Can't get enough pandas? Check out this video of a giant panda at the San Diego Zoo celebrating his second birthday.

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Check out more images of endangered animals in the slideshow below:

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  • Cheetah Cubs

    Three cheetah cubs, born in November 2004, lean against their mother during a preview showing at the National Zoo in February 2005 in Washington D.C. Today there are just 12,400 cheetahs remaining in the wild, with the biggest population, totaling 2,500 living in Namibia.

  • Baby Black Rhino

    A baby Black Rhinoceros stands in front of its mother in an enclosure at Tokyo's Ueno Zoo in June 2009. The Black Rhinoceros is a critically endangered species, according to the International Rhino Foundation there are less than 5,000 surviving in the world.

  • Orangutans

    An orangutan infant at Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta, Indonesia, on February 15, 2007. Orangutans are threatened by deforestation and hunting. Click here for more orangutan photos.

  • Koala

    A baby joey koala at Sydney's Wildlife World. Though koalas are Australia's most iconic and adored marsupials, they are under threat due to a shortage of suitable habitat from mass land clearance.

  • Gorilla Mother And Son

    A 15-year-old female mountain gorilla holds her five month old son at the Kahuzi Biega Nature Park in Democratic Republic of Congo in May 2004. Only 700 mountain gorillas are left in the world, and over half live in central Africa.

  • African Penguins

    A group of African penguins gather near a pond at a conservation site in Cape Town, South Africa. Birdlife International say the African penguin is edging closer to extinction.

  • Endangered Tiger Cubs

    A Trio of 45 day-old Bengal white tiger cubs were born in December 2007 At the Buenos Aires Zoo. With only 240 white tigers living in the world, their birth gave a boost to the animals' endangered population.

  • South Korea's Black Bears

    A pair of black bears sit at a zoo in Kwachon, South Korea in November 2001. Black bears have been on the endangered species list since 2007.

  • Madagascar Lemur

    A newly born Madagascar Lemur, an endangered species, at Besancon Zoo in France. There are only 17 living in captivity worldwide.

  • Red Pandas

    Two-month-old twin Red Panda cubs make their debut at Taronga Zoo in March 2007 in Sydney, Australia. The cubs were born out of an international breeding program for endangered species.

  • Lin Hui

    China's panda is one of the world's most beloved but endangered animals. Lin Hui, a female Panda- on a ten-year loan from China - eats bamboo at Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand in Sept 2005. Captive pandas are notoriously poor breeders.

  • South East Asian Monkey

    The Sydney's Taronga Zoo is home for this bright orange male infant monkey. This South East Asian monkey is highly endangered.

  • Night Monkey

    A grey-bellied Night Monkey born in captivity climbs onto his mother's arms at the Santa Fe Zoo, in Medellin, Colombia. The Night Monkey is an endangered species.

  • Tigers

    A six-month-old male Sumatran tiger cub rests under his mother careful watch at the National Zoo in Washington in October 2004. Sumatran tigers are endangered; fewer than 500 are believed to exist in the wild and 210 animals live in zoos around the world.

  • Elephants

    A baby elephant is pictured at the Singapore Zoo on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010. Many elephants are threatened by habitat loss and listed as endangered on the IUCN Red List.

  • Polar Bears

    A sow polar bear rests with her cubs on the pack ice in the Beaufort Sea in Alaska. In 2008, the U.S. government described polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Due to dangerous declines in ice habit, polar bears are at risk of becoming endangered.


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Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road. Today, we've upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. Th...
Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road. Today, we've upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. Th...
Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road. Today, we've upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. Th...
Earlier this week, we gave you an adorable video of two bear cubs stopping traffic by wrestling on the road. Today, we've upped the ante with photos of adorable baby pandas snuggling in a crib. Th...
 
 
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05:05 PM on 10/07/2011
Hey Huff Post, the bears in your endangered species slide show are SUN BEARS, not black bears.
02:58 AM on 10/01/2011
They are adorable!!
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Imaginary Grace
Moving forward using all my breath..
08:34 PM on 09/30/2011
Awww. Little snugglies. Too cute.
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arianaart
There is no sensible way to do a senseless thing.
11:45 PM on 09/29/2011
I'll take two Panda Bears please! Tooo sweet!!!
06:03 PM on 09/30/2011
Great idea. Panda Slippers. I'll take 2 also.
thanks
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gx5000
Life's too short, be happy..
11:06 AM on 10/07/2011
Bad Matt1964 Bad !! lol
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prettyfnliberal
and not a single frack was given that day.
12:17 PM on 09/29/2011
omg it's so cute i could DIE
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gx5000
Life's too short, be happy..
11:06 AM on 10/07/2011
Only after snuggling, not one second before !!
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karen lyons kalmenson
i poem/paint, sometimes, i ain't
07:42 AM on 09/29/2011
precious pandamonium
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01:48 AM on 09/29/2011
HGNNNNNGH.
I just got diabetes...
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sassycats61
Sweet & Sassy!
11:56 PM on 09/28/2011
The little baby panda with his head up looks as if he is saying "but I'm not tired." Baby animals are so adorable.
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Connie Concepcion
Subverter of paradigms.
08:24 PM on 09/28/2011
Excessive cuteness alert!
07:43 PM on 09/28/2011
Twelve adorable little fur balls. What's not to love?
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gx5000
Life's too short, be happy..
11:07 AM on 10/07/2011
They don't stay that way unfortunately.....sigh.
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almchrl13
07:32 PM on 09/28/2011
There always one kid that just won't lay down and take his nap!
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Chlowina
Why so much hate???
10:47 PM on 09/28/2011
My thought too.
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MissFrijole
My bite is worse than my bark.
02:59 PM on 09/28/2011
Baby animals seem to be cuter than human babies.
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doctor4kids
Incite civility and reason
09:17 PM on 09/28/2011
Note from a pediatrician: Human babies are adorable too!
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Chlowina
Why so much hate???
10:48 PM on 09/28/2011
And they smell good too.
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GirlUsingBrain
The most dangerous animal in the forest is man.
02:11 PM on 09/28/2011
Wish I could climb right in there for a snuggle fest!
01:50 PM on 09/28/2011
They are so cute it's painful....
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Kim0330
Purr, and the world purrs with you...
01:45 PM on 09/28/2011
Awwwwwwwwwwww, how adorable! They look soooo cute and cuddly...