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Hands up! Red panda appears to ‘surrender’ by putting its paws in the air during a snowy standoff at a Canadian zoo
- The cornered panda stands on its back legs with its paws aloft
- It made a run for it while playing with the other panda in hot pursuit
- The red pandas were photographed at Granby Zoo in Quebec, Canada
Two adorable red pandas appeared to be playing a game of cops and robbers in the snow.
One seems to tell the other one: 'Freeze, show me your hands up!' as the pair face each other in a stand-off.
The cornered red panda stands up on two back legs with his paws held up in apparent surrender.
Freeze, show me your hands up! The red panda appears to surrender
But a moment later he makes a daring run for it, sprinting away with the other panda in hot pursuit.
The young animals play like this throughout the day, in between breaks when they either relax or search for food.
Photographer Dominic Marcoux captured these stunning photographs at Granby Zoo in Granby, Quebec, Canada.
Dominic, who works as an analyst programmer for a software design company, watched the red pandas for three hours.
The 37-year-old said: 'After eating, they started to playfully wrestle together everywhere in their habitat.
After the 'hands up' moment the two pandas run off. They play together all day at Granby Zoo in Quebec
'It was very entertaining to see, and the crowd watching would go 'awww' and 'ooooh.'
'At one time, they both got up to their feet - as seen in the picture- and stood there for a few seconds, facing each other.
'Right after that, they started chasing each other, running all over the place. When they fight, they make little squeals, it's very endearing.
