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Wildlife photographer Katherine Feng captured these cute photos of panda cubs on a trip to China.

The cubs were snapped in action at the Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan, China, according to photographer Dr. Katherine Feng.

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In this picture, a baby panda lies on its back in an incubator.

One blissed-out panda cub was the picture of relaxation as he sprawled on his back in an incubator with his paws cupped behind his head.

Medics weighed, measured and fed the 37-day-old before returning him to the see-through box, according to Feng, where he wriggled around and settled on his back.

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This mother panda carried its new baby in its mouth.

The 65-year-old photographer also captured one panda lying on its stomach, its paw raised as if to offer a "high five."

In another image, a panda is seen carrying its baby in its mouth just a few hours after the cub was born.

"It was so tempting to pet and play with the baby pandas," Feng said, according to the Sun. "They are roly-poly balls of black and white and so cute to watch."

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Feng has been photographing pandas for years, ever since she formed a bond with the reserve on her first trip to China.

The photos were taken at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan, China.

Feng, a former veterinarian, became passionate about pandas when she first visited the Wolong Nature Reserve on a trip to China in 1982.

Her photos were featured in the book "Panda Kindergarten," and the Colorado-based photographer now returns to the wildlife preserve several times a year.

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A group of giant panda cubs nap at a nursery in the research base of the Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Chengdu, in southwest China's Sichuan province on Sept. 26. China has launched its once-a-decade panda census, trying to determine how many of the endangered animals live in the wild amid efforts to boost numbers. The census -- the fourth since it was first launched in the 1970s -- is also expected to ascertain pandas' living conditions, ages and any change in habitat.

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Updated: New video of the panda cubs below.

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Snow leopard twins, Kiran and Kalmali, born at the ABQ BioPark Zoo explore their new home with their mother, Kachina, on Wednesday, Sept. 21

Two new arrivals are on display at the zoo in Albuquerque, should you happen to be nearby. Albuquerque Journal photojournalist Morgan Petroski visited the zoo to shoot photos of the cubs. You can see even more of the adorable-ness here.

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Snow leopard twins, Kiran and Kalmali, born at the ABQ BioPark Zoo, play in their new home in Albuquerque, N.M., on Wednesday, Sept. 21. One of the cubs playfully falls on his back.

Snow leopard twins, Kiran and Kalmali, born at the ABQ BioPark Zoo, are now exploring the exhibit with their mother, Kachina. The zoo is located next to the Rio Grande in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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One of the snow leopard twins explores its new home on Wednesday, Sept. 21.

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Two lion cubs look peer out from under a tree trunk at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on Thursday, June 23.

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A lion cub plays with its mother's tail at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg, Germany on Thursday, June 23.

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Lion cubs play at the Hagenbeck zoo in Hamburg on June 23. The cubs were born on March 31, 2011 at the zoo.

Here's my latest nominee for the cutest thing ever. I still think my original post of the baby emperor penguin takes the crown.

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A customs official holds a confiscated Indian Roofed Turtle during a press conference at the Customs Department in Bangkok, Thailand on June 2.

msnbc.com news services report:

Thai customs officials found 451 turtles and seven freshwater crocodiles stashed in suitcases offloaded from a passenger flight from Bangladesh.

The animals seized at Bangkok's bustling Suvarnabhumi airport were worth 1 million baht ($33,000), authorities said.

The alleged trafficker, a Bangladeshi national, did not collect the luggage and fled on arrival in Bangkok, customs officials said.

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