When her cage was opened at 10 am on Tuesday, 2-year-old panda Xue Xue did not come out as expected.

After observing the outside for about three minutes, she slowly emerged but then returned immediately. A keeper in a panda costume tried many times to lure her out with bamboo.

She eventually came out again and headed for dense forest in the Liziping National Nature Reserve in Shimian county, Sichuan province.