Researchers dressed in panda costumes carry a cage as they transfer giant panda Tao Tao to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province May 3, 2012.  Tao Tao, 21-months-old, and its mother Cao Cao are being transferred to a bigger living environment with a higher altitude and a more complicated terrain, which marks the beginning of the third phase of its training to be reintroduced to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub’s environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media. [REUTERS/China Daily] PHOTOS: The best Reuters images from the past 24 hours
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Researchers dressed in panda costumes carry a cage as they transfer giant panda Tao Tao to a new living environment at the Hetaoping Research and Conservation Center for the Giant Panda in Wolong National Nature Reserve, Sichuan province May 3, 2012. 

Tao Tao, 21-months-old, and its mother Cao Cao are being transferred to a bigger living environment with a higher altitude and a more complicated terrain, which marks the beginning of the third phase of its training to be reintroduced to the wild. Researchers wear panda costumes to ensure that the cub’s environment is devoid of human influence, according to local media. [REUTERS/China Daily]

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  4. mercurious reblogged this from reuters and added:
    More like a blatant excuse to wear those panda hats. Asians x]
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  8. invisiblecashews reblogged this from reuters and added:
    Also, China is cool.
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    Transporting a panda in a bamboo crate would be like transporting me in a crate made of hamburgers.
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    Thats cool af. Panda swagg(;
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    Okay, so is anyone else thinking Princess Mononoke now?
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    Um, how many animals do you know would smell...think, yep, that’s
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