Video: 12 baby panda siblings enjoy a playfight

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Being separated from a mum that has doted on you for six months must be very hard.

But these little panda siblings at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, in southwest China's Sichuan Province, as all 12 brothers and sisters rolled around and leaned on each other for support.

And they didn't hold back when they were let out into their enclosure to meet their adoring public.

Plenty of cameras were rolling as the super-cute cubs enjoyed a bit of playfighting while exploring their new enclosure.

According to the Daily Mail, a total of 21 giant pandas were bred in China in 2011, bringing their number in captivity to 333.

They can live up to 30 years in captivity, more like 15 to 20 in the wild, are blind and weigh around 100lbs when they are born, and rely on their mother's milk for six months.

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