The adorable video shows a giant panda cub battling a massive chunk of snow in her enclosure.
Footage captured in Moscow Zoo, Russia, depictes Katyusha, the first-ever panda born in the country, joyfully tackling the large pile of snow on 17th December.
General Director of the Moscow Zoo Svetlana Akulova said in a statement obtained by Clipzilla: “Katyusha and the snowball. It’s not just joy, it’s a childish delight.”
Katyusha, born in August 2023 to parents Zhui and Ding Ding, was the first giant panda cub ever to be delivered in the country.
Akulova announced the zoo’s plans to reunite the parents in 2026 for a second mating attempt.
Pandas Zhui and Ding Ding came to the Moscow Zoo in 2019 in honour of the 70th anniversary of establishing diplomatic relations between Russia and China.
The staff spent several months training in a Chinese nursery to learn how to care for pandas properly.
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