Kai Kai and Jia Jia getting cosier in Singapore

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What is black and white, and black and white
and black and white, and black and white?

Two pandas rolling on the grass. (Tadum-tsss!)

At around 5pm every day, an hour before closing time, male panda Kai Kai will climb up a small tree in its enclosure at the River Safari.

From that slightly elevated vantage point, the 115kg bear enjoys a direct line of sight to the food-preparation room. It can also spy on keepers walking along a pathway adjacent to the wall of its habitat.

"It knows it's the end of the day... mein zuo gang liao (Hokkien for "no need to work any more")," quipped Mr Ang Cheng Chye, assistant director of zoology at River Safari, in an interview on Monday.

The panda, which turns six years old next month, is then let into its den for the evening, and is given its overnight meal of close to 15kg worth of bamboo, Mr Ang added.

Such behaviour shows how comfortable Kai Kai and its female counterpart, Jia Jia, have got. The giant pandas have been in Singapore for nearly a year.

The pair, which are on a 10-year loan from China.