China's Chengdu Panda Base has released what may be the most adorable video you will see all day: four baby pandas racing down a slide.
Chengdu is marking its 25th anniversary with Panda Awareness Week (PAW), which includes several events around the world to spotlight efforts to increase the numbers of healthy panda bears in the wild.
The video is incredibly entertaining, as the baby pandas race back up the slide for repeated turns. Near the end of the video, one of them literally rolls head over paws at the bottom of the slide:
"Our ultimate goal is to help pandas return to their natural habitat and to grow the number of giant pandas living in the wild," said Dr. Zhang Zhihe, director of the Chengdu Panda Base, in a press release. "We hope that Panda Awareness Week helps us effectively widen the support for panda conservation and find new advocates for this very special cause."
The organization opened in 1987 when 6 giant pandas were rescued from the wild. Chengdu is now the largest captive breeding panda reserve in the world and hopes to house more than 150 pandas over the next 10 years.
Find information to volunteer at Chengdu in China. And watch more panda videos at the Chengdu PAW YouTube page, including this clip of pandas on an obstacle course.
