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2024.03.08 17:01 GMT+8

Giant panda cub 'nanny' honored on Women's Day

Updated 2024.03.08 17:01 GMT+8
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A photo taken on March 7, 2024 shows zookeeper Chen Sa and giant panda cubs at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, Shaanxi Province. /IC

A photo taken on March 7, 2024 shows zookeeper Chen Sa and a giant panda cub at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, Shaanxi Province. /IC

A photo taken on March 7, 2024 shows zookeeper Chen Sa and a giant panda cub at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, Shaanxi Province. /IC

A photo taken on March 7, 2024 shows zookeeper Chen Sa and giant panda cubs at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center, Shaanxi Province. /IC

On International Women's Day, we celebrate figures like Chen Sa, who works as a zookeeper at the Qinling Giant Panda Research Center in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, where she acts as a "nanny" for giant panda cubs. 

Faced with newborn giant panda cubs – weighing only a little over 100 grams, and with tightly closed eyes and reddish-pink bodies – Chen experiences a mix of excitement and nervousness. Despite seemingly simple tasks like disinfecting the environment, preparing food, feeding, and cleaning up after the cubs, it requires a strong sense of responsibility, as well as trust and understanding built through prolonged interaction between human and animals.

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