Pandas, those roly-ply balls of bamboo and fluff, are actually quite agile when they choose to be.
Tian Tian, a giant panda living at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., recently decided to show off for onlookers by executing some of his best Blockbuster action movie moves.
In the impressive clip, Tian Tian scales a tall and spindly tree with no fear, looking out at his admirers from the high branches as they “ooh” and “ahh” below. But he is not done yet! After reaching the apex of the tree, Tian Tian deploys some graceful flips to get down to the lower branches, where he casually hangs from his bottom paws.
Put a Tom Cruise mask on this bear, and I would believe this is a behind-the-scenes clip from the new Mission Impossible.