Holding/ Hugging a real panda in China

This is Ben hugging what seems to be a panda cub. It happened in June of 2010. Yes you do have to pay 1000 Yuan(About $150) but it all goes to donations for pandas and the research facility. Ben hugged the panda for about 10 to 15 minutes but could have held it longer if the panda didn't have an upset stomach. You can hug/ hold one in Chendu Research Panda Facility which is the main area for pandas. It is pretty much the home of the pandas and where about 100 pandas live. There is also many red pandas where you may also hold them but Ben chose not to spend that much money on holding another animal.

In the beggining of the video Ben seems scared because me and my husband couldn't go in there with him so he was all by himself. They fed the Pandas with bamboo covered in honey so they would be distracted. You do have to put on protective clothes so you dont get the panda sick. They do not advertise hugging a panda so it is very hard to hug one.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Hugging
• Panda
• Real
• Chengdu
• bamboo
• holding
• baby
• cub
• ben
• clothes
• china

[jojommyo]

which ones the panda

[MingPingCartoon]

THAT KID IS SOOOOOOO LUCKY!!!

[AxJCodeLyoko4EvaMe]

OMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMGOMG­OMGOMGOMG I WANT A PANDA!!!

[JoannnaaaMarie]

@IllyBidol Quit going to different panda videos and writing negative and inaccurate comments. Do you seriously not have anything else to do?

[lmallanao]

OMG OMG OMG!! I UV PANDAS N I WANNA HUG THEM...SO SO BAD!!!!!!!!!

[TheAnimeStreamer]

PANDA:the fuck yall lookin at?

[xweetokfairy]

@IllyBidol if it wasnt for places like this pandas would probably be extinct, so make up your fucking mind.

[IllyBidol]

Is this a sanctuary for Pandas or a giant amusement park for American tourists who want to hug and touch Pandas? Don´t people have a common sense anymore? It´s like a circus. Very strange indeed.

[anesthesiac]

Wow, he seems... stoked? lol

[DividedAsOne]

I want one! :)