Watch Chengdu pandas live in glorious HD

China has launched an online live-streaming panda broadcast site, giving fans the chance to see real-time footage of the endangered animals doing what they do best – playing, sleeping and eating copious amounts of bamboo.

As well as a live-stream webcam broadcast, iPanda also offers different sections showcasing blog posts and videos on various panda-related themes – including panda mothers, panda babies, and even panda-shaped foods.

A panda “encyclopaedia” section of the site includes illuminating facts on how giant pandas sleep (in a fixed position, sometimes with legs in the air); whether they prefer to be solitary or in groups (solitary); and if they truly are as slow-moving as they appear (they can be fast if they want to, but prefer to “stroll” rather than run, according to the site).

"When they first returned home, Dede and Abao did not understand Chinese," the post reads. "And they were not accustomed to eating bamboo shoots and buns.

"But after two weeks of training and feeding, they’ve adapted… Now, they react after hearing their name in the Sichuan dialect.