--- description: Winter may officially have begun, but this heartwarming video of a giant panda frolicking in the snow is sure to keep the cold at bay. title: Watch This Giant Panda Adorably Destroy a Snowman image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7806a6f8c250ceab/6988b3d7cf40a84501c45ec6/81261004.jpg?branch=production&width=1080&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Giant Panda Adorably Destroy a Snowman  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 22, 2016 5:39 PM CUT  Giant panda cub playing in snow Giant panda cub playing in snowKatherine Feng/ Minden Pictures  by [Megan McCluskey](/author/megan-mccluskey/)  ## Megan McCluskey Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Dec 22, 2016 5:39 PM CUT Winter may have [officially begun](http://time.com/4607873/2016-first-day-of-winter-solstice/ "undefined"), but this heartwarming video of a [giant panda](http://time.com/4569959/peanut-panda-baby-steps/ "undefined") [frolicking in the snow](http://time.com/4191108/animals-frolicking-snow/ "undefined") is sure to keep the cold at bay. The Toronto Zoo released footage Wednesday of its panda, Da Mao, climbing on and pawing at a snowman that zookeepers built in his enclosure “for enrichment,” according to the [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIAO4Htzn8M "undefined") description. “Watch as he plays with, or rather disassembles, their creation,” it reads. The clip—which even features a shot of Da Mao standing on the snowman’s head—has been viewed nearly 479,000 times since it was uploaded. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4616673/giant-panda-snowman-toronto-zoo/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4616673/giant-panda-snowman-toronto-zoo/"},"headline":"Watch This Giant Panda Adorably Destroy a Snowman","datePublished":"2016-12-22T17:39:16.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:39:43.072Z","description":"'Tis the season for videos of animals in the snow","url":"https://time.com/4616673/giant-panda-snowman-toronto-zoo/","keywords":["Newsfeed","animals","pandas","Zoos","animal videos"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7806a6f8c250ceab/6988b3d7cf40a84501c45ec6/81261004.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Megan McCluskey","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/megan-mccluskey/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7806a6f8c250ceab/6988b3d7cf40a84501c45ec6/81261004.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"81261004","caption":"Giant panda cub playing in snow","creditText":"Katherine Feng/ Minden Pictures","representativeOfPage":true}],"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/4616673/giant-panda-snowman-toronto-zoo/","name":"Watch This Giant Panda Adorably Destroy a Snowman"}}]}] ```