Roughhousing Pandas Topple Playset

Pandas, or as they’re known to New Englanders, “Panders,” are truly a jewel of the natural world. It’s a shame these beautiful creatures have had such a fight to thrive, but their downgrade from “endangered” to “vulnerable” is an encouraging sign they’ll be around much, much longer. They’re such gentle, playful souls, as anyone who’s had the opportunity to observe them will attest to. Just like us humans, they enjoy a bit of good-natured roughhousing as well.

Two pandas wrestle around on a jungle gym inside their habitat.

One of the pandas seems to be struggling to escape as the instigator pulls him or her down, a classic struggle between siblings. As they push against each other, the connecting slide begins to loosen. It would seem the zoo handyman wasn’t quite as thorough as one would like him to be (or the playground contraption was not meant to withstand the weight of two whole panda bears, either or).