Researchers try to approach giant panda Taotao and its mother Caocao (Photo: Reuters)That's what staff at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China's Sichuan province are doing to lure two-year-old Taotao into a crate before releasing the young panda into the wild.
The zoo keepers smeared their costumes with panda feces and urine to hide any traces of human scent and avoided interference from the mother by distracting her with bamboo.
Researchers try to approach giant panda Taotao and its mother Caocao. They were transferred from a 2,100-metre high mountain to Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for a health examination and to be prepared for reintroduction to the wild. Researchers wore panda costumes to ensure that the cub's environment was devoid of human influence (Photo: Reuters)
It's the last step of Taotao's months-long journey. Researchers have been prepping the two-year-old for his reintroduction into the wild.
Meanwhile in the nearby capital of Chengdu, another panda mother celebrated the one month birthday of her twin cubs.
Staff members at that breeding facility have made it their mission to help populate pandas, which are now seen as coming back from the brink of extinction.
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