--- description: So gentle. So precious title: Watch This Panda Roll Himself Into a Perfect Little Ball image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Panda Roll Himself Into a Perfect Little Ball by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 4:22 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 4:22 PM CUT Need something cute to get you through the day? We recommend this very quick, very simple and utterly adorable clip of a giant panda gently rolling down a hill, forming himself into a perfect little ball. (He then looks smugly at the camera when he’s done.) According [to _Mashable_](http://mashable.com/2016/02/17/rolling-panda/#kG3xnqcgRgq3 "undefined"), this little guy can be found at the [Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding](http://www.panda.org.cn/english/ "undefined") in Sichuan, China. If you’re now craving more panda footage, check out this panda[ helping her cub down a tree](http://time.com/4213595/bei-bei-panda-climbs-tree/ "undefined"). Or this one [frolicking in the snow](http://time.com/4191487/tian-tian-giant-panda-frolics-blizzard-snow-national-zoo/ "undefined"). ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4227199/giant-panda-rolls-into-ball/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4227199/giant-panda-rolls-into-ball/"},"headline":"Watch This Panda Roll Himself Into a Perfect Little Ball","datePublished":"2016-02-17T16:22:13.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:07.631Z","description":"So gentle. So precious.","url":"https://time.com/4227199/giant-panda-rolls-into-ball/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4227199/giant-panda-rolls-into-ball/","name":"Watch This Panda Roll Himself Into a Perfect Little Ball"}}]}] ```