Carrots and bamboo shoots are not just food for a giant panda; they also serve as a reminder for this furry creature to enjoy its afternoon tea.
Video footage recently posted on the 'iPanda multimedia platform shows the giant panda "Chunyu" swiftly responding to her food upon catching the sweet smell of carrots and bamboo shoots.
The panda "Chunyu" was lying on the ground when her keeper approached with carrots and bamboo shoots. As soon as the keeper placed the food near her mouth, Chunyu caught a whiff of the aroma. Swifty, she sat up, as if responding to an alarm clock and began to enjoy her afternoon snack.
Born in August 2022, the panda lives at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda (CCRCGP) base in southwest China's Sichuan Province, where the video footage was captured. Her mother is "Qiaoqiao," a giant panda rescued from Mount Siguniang.
The CCRCGP is a world-leading institution dedicated to breeding and conserving one of China's national treasures, the giant panda. The center has also established a global platform for promoting international cooperation and exchanges involving 18 zoos from 16 countries and regions, 39 domestic animal breeding institutions, and over 10 scientific research institutes.
Carrots, bamboo shoots work as reminder for panda to have afternoon snack
Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Thursday that the group is willing to consider a ceasefire proposal if it includes guarantees for a truce in the war-torn Gaza Strip.
A member of Lebanese parliament from the Hezbollah coalition made the statement at a news conference in Beirut.
He criticized Israel's strike on a Beirut health care facility that killed at least five people, and warned the international community against Israel's continuous violations of international law.
"The world is facing a challenge. Can they find one humanitarian or international law that Israel hasn't violated? All U.N. charters, U.N. Security Council resolutions, Israel has violated them. Isn't it enough that it tore the U.N. Charter? Isn't it enough that it declared the [U.N.] secretary general an undesirable person, a Persona Non Grata" said Ibrahim Al Moussawi, an Hezbollah official and member of the Lebanese parliament.
The group also vowed to continue their fight until it sees a realistic proposal for a ceasefire.
"The decision for a ceasefire is left to those in the battlefield. We consult with those in the field, and we who deal with politics when we receive an offer that is realistic and would also achieve a ceasefire in Gaza as well. Only then we can consider making a deal," said Ibrahim.
The Israel Defense Forces have been carrying out an unprecedented, intensive air attack on Lebanon, dubbed "Arrows of the North", since Sept. 23, after nearly a year of low-intensity cross-border exchanges of fire with Hezbollah. And in another sign of escalation, the country has launched a ground incursion into Lebanon since early Tuesday.
The Israeli air and ground raids have since killed 1,974 people, including 127 children, wounded 9,350 others, and forced more than 1.2 million civilians to flee their homes, according to the Lebanese health minister.
Hezbollah willing to consider ceasefire proposal if it includes guarantees for truce in Gaza: official
