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If you go down to the woods today…

Welcome to the Wolong Nature Reserve in China’s Sichuan province. It’s run by the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda.

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It’s similar to other panda sanctuaries you may be thinking of except for one small, terrifying detail: the caretakers wear these creepy panda costumes.

Ami Vitale / National Geographic

As National Geographic reported, certain young independent pandas at the reserve are specially selected to train to live in the wild.

Ami Vitale / National Geographic

To make sure the pandas don’t get used to humans, the dedicated caretakers at the sanctuary wear special panda outfits and cover themselves in the animals’ urine.

Ami Vitale / National Geographic

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