Giant pandas picnic in China as UK bids farewell to Tian Tian and Yang Guang
Three cute pandas play-fight together in enclosure
An adorable video of four pandas having a picnic at a zoo in China has resurfaced following the news that two of the bears who have been living in Edinburgh have returned home.
Four of the protected and endangered creatures delighted onlookers at the zoo when they sat at a table together to share a snack of apples.
The clip was taken at Chongqing Zoo in China earlier this year and posted on X, formerly Twitter.
The resurgence comes as two pandas, Yang Guang and Tian Tian, have been transported back to China after taking up residence in Scotland for 12 years.
They had been the star attraction of Edinburgh Zoo since they arrived in 2011.
But the fluffy expats finally returned to their native China on Monday after the end of a deal between the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS) and the China Wildlife Conservation Association.
Michael Livingstone, a senior animal keeper at the zoo, joined them on their journey.
He said: “They’re very different to look after. As a team we have looked after many different species of bear.
“We were fairly confident we knew what kind of hurdles we might need to cross and jump over for looking after panda.
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“And when they arrived it was completely different to what we thought.
“They are a very sensitive, very specialised species so we very quickly learned all the different things we needed to do with them or around them.
“I can speak for myself and the other keepers in the team at the zoo that have looked after them it’s going to be a bit of a sad and emotional time.
“It is sad for us that they are going back, I think it’s always been one of those things that’s just been in the future and now we’re at the point where it’s actually happening.”
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