A panda cub gazes at the camera before taking a group photo with other twelve cubs born in 2008 at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday, January 21 2009. All of them will be greeting the public during the Spring Festival after months of close care in nurseries. [Photo: CFP]
Thirteen panda cubs born in 2008 pose for a group photo with their keepers at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday, January 21 2009. All of them will be greeting the public during the Spring Festival after months of close care in nurseries. [Photo: CFP]
A keeper takes a panda cub to its enclosure at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan Province, on Wednesday, January 21 2009. [Photo: CFP]
A keeper holds a panda cub in her arm at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, southwest China's Sichuan province, on Wednesday, January 21 2009. Thirteen giant panda cubs born in 2008 will be greeting the public during the Spring Festival after months of close care in nurseries. [Photo: CFP]