A cute giant panda has stolen the limelight of Chinese social media for its exceptional sense of photography. The black-and-white bear, living in south-west China's Chengdu city, seems to know how to strike poses as a tourist took selfies with it. Pictures show that the eager animal even tried to grab the selfie stick at one point. The pictures first appeared on China's social media platform on January 11.
The panda was being looked after by the Dujiangyan Panda Base in the Chengdu city. The woman was a tourist and she was trying to have pictures taken with the panda, which is a service the centre offers. A total of six pictures were released.
Two of them were taken by an onlooker and showed the bear snuggling up to the woman held the selfie stick. In the pictures, the panda looked right into the mobile phone, appearing to be curious. The other four pictures were said to be the selfie pictures the woman had taken.
The panda appeared to adopt a professional pose, putting its right paw under its chin in one image. In another picture, the animal enjoyed his bamboo while staring into the lens. Chinese media are smitten with the photogenic panda. They praised that the animal should know the best camera angle to look skinny and beautiful in pictures.
Founded in 2011, the Chengdu of Giant Panda Breeding is specialised in re-introducing the bears into the wild. The centre is a part of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, which has around 108 bears in captivity, the largest artificial breeding populations of pandas in the world. In March, 2016, another panda at the centre was caught snuggling up to its keeper, giving him a kiss before posing for a selfie with the man.
