In the footage shows the cuddly panda bears lying on a green stage at the panda base in Chengdu.

According to the Chengdu base, only a third to a half of pandas born in Chinese captivity manage to survive past infancy.

The 68 giant pandas at 2 research bases in Chengdu and Ya'an in Sichuan were all safe after Monday's devastating earthquake, the State Forestry Administration reaffirmed on Tuesday.