Saturday, Jan. 28, marks the start of the Year of the Rooster in China, and 23 adorable panda cubs couldn’t wait to kick off the celebration.

Keepers at the Chengdu Panda Base attempted to wrangle all of the pandas born there this year to mark the Lunar New Year — and it wasn’t easy. Just like squirming toddlers, the baby pandas were hard to wrangle!

Check out their antsy antics in National Geographic‘s Instagram video below.

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