Adorable Giant Panda Cub Rolls Around While Playing With Its Mum In Japanese Zoo

This is the moment a baby giant panda rolls around on the floor while playing with its mum in a Japanese zoo.

The footage of the adorable black and white bear was uploaded to social media by Wakayama Adventure World located in Japan on Monday, 18th October.

The giant male panda cub 'Kaedehama' seen in the video is 331 days old and has already grown to weigh 24 kilogrammes (52.9 lbs) after being born weighing just 157 grammes.

In the footage, Kaedehama is playing with his mum 'Ryohama' who has given birth to nine other cubs during her 20 years at the zoo.

Kaedehama's dad 'Eimei' broke his own record by becoming the oldest (28 years old) male panda in the world to successfully produce offspring in captivity, said the zoo in a statement.

The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) is native to South Central China and the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies the species as 'vulnerable'.

According to Wakayama Adventure World, they have so far seen the birth of 17 giant pandas all of which have successfully bred into adulthood.

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