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Rare sight of gianta panda in the wild

Updated: Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013, 9:50 AM EST
Published : Tuesday, 26 Feb 2013, 9:50 AM EST

LESHAN, China (NBC/CCTV) - People near a village in Southwest China were able to see something most people in the world would pay good money to watch: a fairly close-up view of an estimated 220-pound panda in the wild.

The giant panda was sleeping by a mountain road near a national nature reserve in Sichuan Province.

Word got around, and a crowd of people gathered to take a look.

After a while staff of the reserve arrived, and they scooted down the mountainside and took pictures of the panda from about 9 feet away.

Later the panda woke up, spotted the crowd of people and quickly returned to the woods.

There are about 56 wild giant pandas in the reserve.

Sleeping panda seen from just feet away

Rare sight of gianta panda in the wild

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