A Moment Of Cute: A Photo Of Sleeping Baby Pandas

Unbearable cuteness is news, right? In any case, we'll get back to the serious news in a bit. But, first, a picture of 12 baby Giant Pandas taking a nap at a breeding center in Chengdu:

There is a bit of news to go along with this picture. As the AP reports, today, China has finished its census of humans and it has now started its once-a-decade counting of pandas in the wild. The AP adds:

The official China Daily reported more than 60 trackers were trained at Wanglang National Reserve in the southwestern province of Sichuan, which is believed to have the largest number of wild pandas in China.

They will collect droppings for DNA analysis, which will allow zoologists to track individual pandas and accurately estimate the population, Chen Youping, director of the reserve's administrative bureau, was quoted by Xinhua News Agency as saying.

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