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This happens every single time we take our panda cub to the Daily Squee jungle gym. First, he totters around (adorably, of course). Then, he climbs a little, maybe slides down the slide a time or two. Finally, we get into the "Mom. Mom! Look at me! MOM! Mommy! Check out what I'm doing! MommyMomMomMommyyyyyy!" If he weren't so cute, we'd probably find ourselves totally annoyed, but how can you do anything but smile at that furry little face? ...

At the Chengdu breeding center in China, there are 300 baby pandas that will be part of a "large-scale reintroduction program," aka sending the bears back into the wild. In the meantime, consider yourself lucky to witness this video footage of the baby pandas fooling around like a Lisa Frank poster come to life (with less Day-Glo, of course). Warning: You may want to turn down the volume if a duet version of Randy Newman's "You've Got a Friend in Me" will potentially spoil the experience. ...

Science has shown that everyone loves pandas. In fact, we are sure that the giant panda is on 100 percent of all Top 10 Favorite Animals lists worldwide. Or at least it should be. But unlike the elegant, prowling tigress or the powerfully galloping wild mustang, it's not for its grace and beauty that we -- and our chums at Daily Squee -- love the giant panda. Clearly the opposite is true. But what is it about the fuzzy clumsiness of an oafish bear that makes us wanna snuggle it and cuddle it beyond all reason? It wouldn't be the safest decision in the world, but every fiber of our beings screams hug! ...

Baby pandas eating bamboo in China. Getty If anyone deserves good news, it's the giant panda. Recently at the Wolong Panda Reserve in Sichuan province, China, a panda named Yo Yo gave birth to twin female cubs. The arrival of the cubs brings the total number of pandas born in China this year to 19, according to Good News Now (GNN). For pandas, that's quite a baby boom. In fact, it breaks the previous record of 18 cubs born in 2006. Giant pandas are critically endangered due to the fragmentation and destruction of their habitat in the forests of China, according to the World Wildlife Fund. A survey in 2004 counted just 1,600 pandas left in the wild, the WWF reports. Poaching and a low ...

Dominique Faget, AFP / Getty Images It was the "awwww!" heard 'round the world when a pair of baby panda twins made their debut at the Madrid Zoo & Aquarium on October 7. The tiny black-and-white panda cubs dozed in an incubator as cameras captured how they wriggled around, snuggled up to each other and scratched at their noses with their tiny claws. The month-old pandas, who were born on September 7, have set several records with their birth. They are the first ever twin pandas to be born in Europe, reports ITN News, and the first pandas born from artificial insemination outside of China, reports AOL News. Additionally, they are the first panda bears to be born in Spain since 1982, and ...

Rounding up our favorite animal stories, photos, and videos on the Web each week! Dwarf Lemur Comeback A species once thought extinct has recently been found alive and well. What will come back next? The world could use some M.C. Hammer. [via Scientific American] Panda Whoopee? Whoopee! Two pandas in Vienna had some alone time recently, and now scientists are eager for cubs. May be linked with keeping pandas in most romantic city on Earth. [via Google] Lego Love An artist has created life-sized sculptures of endangered species made entirely of Legos. More rare than those species? An adult who plays with Legos. [via Tree Hugger] Cat Hardball Some Web ...