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Playful baby pandas fighting

Mother panda Bai Yun and baby Yun Zi at the San Diego Zoo on January 27, 2010. Cub is 25 lbs and almost 6 months old.

Some 3 month-old polar bear cubs go exploring at this zoo in Russia.

A pair of rare panda twins, born in Wakayama, Japan in 2006.

With an estimated 1,800 giant pandas still in their natural habitat — the bamboo-covered mountains of Western China — and fewer than 300 in zoos and preserves, they remain on the critically-endangered list. For long-standing cultural reasons, however (and because they can rent pandas to foreign zoos for up to £1million a year), the Communist authorities are determined to preserve their prized natural symbol.

The baby, Jiao Qing, is the first first surviving cub of the base's birthing season, which lasts until September.

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