It's tough enough trying to feed one baby but imagine having to give nine panda cubs their bottles.
Hilarious footage has emerged of nine panda bears fighting for their bottles which contained a special milk formula made by their nannies.
The video was taken at the famous Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in south west China's Sichuan province.
The footage shows the cute and cuddly bears lying on their backs on grass in their enclosure grabbing hold of the bottles filled with formula.
The nannies can be seen in the video running around and trying to make sure each cub has its own bottle however there are some bears that seem to have other plans.
They can be seen reaching for each other's bottles.
The nannies have their hands full, picking up the cubs and trying to put them back in their designated spots but the bears just can't stop moving.
One bear is persistent at his attempts to get a milk bottle from his friend next to him.
After some time, the pandas are seen finally settling down on the grass and drinking their milk.
Panda nannies are responsible for helping to feed the animals along with cleaning hundreds of pounds of faeces and transporting hundreds of pounds of bamboo every day.
Chengdu's Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is home to some 113 Giant Pandas and also 76 red pandas.
The centre claims to have the world's largest artificial breeding population of captive Giant Pandas.
Around 15,000 people visit the base every day during peak season.
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It's estimated that there are around 1,600 Giant Pandas in the wild. There are 300 in zoos and breeding centres around the world.
It's unsure how long Giant Pandas live in the wild. However Chinese scientists reported zoo pandas as old as 35.
A wild panda's diet is 99 percent bamboo while the remaining one percent is usually small rodents.
Giant Pandas need to consume around 20 to 40 pounds of bamboo each day to get the nutrients they need.
On all four legs, Giant Pandas stand at around three to four feet tall.
Cubs do not open their eyes until they are six to eight weeks of age and are not mobile until three months.
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