This is the hilarious moment a young panda tried to escape its cage under its keeper's watch.

The cub secretly squeezed through two metal bars while its keeper was busy dealing with two other cubs.

However, the little bear was soon spotted by the keeper who caught it and put it back to its enclosure.

The footage, captured by a surveillance footage, was posted to a Weibo page managed by iPanda on November 16.

It was believed to be filmed at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.

The clip showed three panda cubs kept at two cages separated by metal bars.

The panda cub, which was to escape, was kept in a cage alone and had a rocking horse to its own.

A female caretaker, who was in blue uniform, opened the gate and entered a neighbouring cage, which hosted two cubs.

Leaving the door open, the keeper squatted down at the entrance of the cage to check the condition of the two cubs.

Unexpectedly, the naughty cub, which lived in the enclosure next door quietly squeezed its chubby body through the metal gates behind her.

The busy female worker then picked up one of the cubs and left the room with gate widely open.