Two adorable giant panda cubs were filmed wobbling as they closely followed their keeper, showcasing a heartwarming bond of trust, at the Star Giant Panda Nursery House in the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Sichuan Province, southwest China.
The footage shows the cubs waddling behind their keeper, their round, chubby bodies swaying with each step. Each pause by the keeper is mirrored perfectly by the cubs, exuding their playful trust and connection. It was released on April 13 via the iPanda multimedia platform.
These two fluffy companions are among the 12 newborn giant panda cubs at the base. Since most were born between July and September of last year, many are now approaching their first birthday.
The Chengdu base is a world-renowned center for the ex-situ conservation of giant pandas. It also serves as a hub for scientific research, public education and ecotourism. The institution is internationally recognized for its efforts to protect and breed giant pandas, red pandas and other endangered wildlife species native to China.
Giant panda cubs follow keeper in adorable display of trust
China launched a Long March-2D carrier rocket on Wednesday, placing a space computing satellite constellation into space. The launch marks a significant advancement in the country's space-based computing capabilities.
The rocket blasted off at 12:12 (Beijing Time) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China.
The newly launched 12 computing satellites are the first batch of the "Three-Body Computing Constellation," according to Zhejiang Lab, a research institute based in Hangzhou, east China's Zhejiang Province.
Wang Jian, an academician at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and director of Zhejiang Lab, said the "Three-Body Computing Constellation," jointly developed by Zhejiang Lab and global partners, is large-scale space computing infrastructure designed to host thousands of satellites with a total computing power of 1,000 peta operations per second (POPS) upon completion.
By enabling real-time in-orbit data processing, the facility aims to overcome the efficiency bottlenecks of traditional satellite data handling and advance the application and development of artificial intelligence in space, Wang said.
China launches space computing satellite constellation
