each new generation of pandas is cause for celebration at the research center. these panda cubs will spend the next year in panda kindergarten learning how to climb trees and act like pandas. researchers recognize that a panda reliant on humans will never be able to survive in the wild. so at the panda base, humans get creative. keepers have to bring in bamboo so when they do so, they dress in panda suits. >> the panda suits seem rather comical at first seeing two giant pandas on walkie-talkies, but they are critical to the success of the wild releases for the pandas. >> reporter: this panda and his mom have been living undisturbed in the nature reserve for five months. but before researchers will release tao-tao into the wild,