For many years the number of pandas living in the wild has continuously dwindled thanks in part to their lazy disposition and low reproduction rate With only one opportunity a year to mate the fascinating rituals take on a whole new relevance Watch as the crew captures the beautiful journey to motherhood

Raising a baby panda is a fulltime job requiring the mother to be hypervigilant for the first few months They must protect their offspring from any lurking predators as well as from themselves They teach their young to fend for themselves helping them make sense of the world around them because once they go off on their own they will live a solitary life