٠٠:٠٠:٣٧Mandatory credit: Svetlana Akulova @svetlanaakulova1 Telegram channel
Moscow Zoo's panda Katyusha was seen playing with a new toy in her enclosure in footage published on Tuesday.
The cub is seen climbing a tree and trying to reach a pair of hanging rings - similar to those used in the gymnastics event at this year's BRICS Games in Kazan.
Her antics were all under the watchful eye of mummy Ding Ding.
Katyusha, born in August of last year, was named after a popular Russian folk song, via a public vote on Moscow City's online portal.
Her parents, Ding Ding and Ruyi, were brought to Russia from Beijing in 2019. They live in the 'Chinese Fauna' pavilion at Moscow Zoo, which was inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Giant pandas native to China, while Ding Ding and Ruyi are part of a global conservation programme aimed at preserving and breeding this rare species.
Training for next year's BRICS Games? Moscow Zoo’s panda cub Katyusha gets to grips with new toy rings
Moscow Zoo's panda Katyusha was seen playing with a new toy in her enclosure in footage published on Tuesday.
The cub is seen climbing a tree and trying to reach a pair of hanging rings - similar to those used in the gymnastics event at this year's BRICS Games in Kazan.
Her antics were all under the watchful eye of mummy Ding Ding.
Katyusha, born in August of last year, was named after a popular Russian folk song, via a public vote on Moscow City's online portal.
Her parents, Ding Ding and Ruyi, were brought to Russia from Beijing in 2019. They live in the 'Chinese Fauna' pavilion at Moscow Zoo, which was inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Giant pandas native to China, while Ding Ding and Ruyi are part of a global conservation programme aimed at preserving and breeding this rare species.
Mandatory credit: Svetlana Akulova @svetlanaakulova1 Telegram channel
Moscow Zoo's panda Katyusha was seen playing with a new toy in her enclosure in footage published on Tuesday.
The cub is seen climbing a tree and trying to reach a pair of hanging rings - similar to those used in the gymnastics event at this year's BRICS Games in Kazan.
Her antics were all under the watchful eye of mummy Ding Ding.
Katyusha, born in August of last year, was named after a popular Russian folk song, via a public vote on Moscow City's online portal.
Her parents, Ding Ding and Ruyi, were brought to Russia from Beijing in 2019. They live in the 'Chinese Fauna' pavilion at Moscow Zoo, which was inaugurated by Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping.
Giant pandas native to China, while Ding Ding and Ruyi are part of a global conservation programme aimed at preserving and breeding this rare species.