Video footage of an adorable baby giant panda clinging desperately to her zookeeper's leg in South Korea has garnered more than four million hits on YouTube.

In the clip, the zookeeper weighs little Fu Bao on a scale and then places the baby panda on the floor in an enclosure at Everland Zoo near Seoul.

But it seems the six-month-old cub – whose name means "a treasure that gives happiness" – does not want to be separated from her keeper.

The near two-minute-long video shows the zookeeper placing the baby panda next to a pile of bamboo leaves before walking away.

Fu Bao was born last year to a pair of giant pandas presented to South Korea by Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2016.

(Cover image via CFP)

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