Published on Mar 19, 2012
A Chinese entrepreneur in Chengdu grows an organic green tea grown solely from panda poo. It costs around £2000 per 500g.License: Standard YouTube license
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Red Panda
Even though the red panda looks like a raccoon and resembles a cat -- this bear is most related to the giant panda. It hides, eats and sleeps high in the treetops, using its long, bushy tail like a pillow and to keep warm. The panda's thick red fur helps it camouflage (hide) to avoid predators like snow leopards.
Red pandas eat bamboo, acorns, roots and berries.
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Interesting Facts About Red Pandas
Interesting Facts
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~ The red panda is commonly
called the wah because of the "wah" call that it makes. It also has the
common name fire fox because of its reddish fur and fox-like snout.
~ The red panda weighs 5%
of the giant panda's weight
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~ Male red pandas will
fight with each other by standing on their hind legs and boxing with their
claws.
~ Red pandas use their
tongues to detect different scents.
~ The first live red panda
was put in the London Zoo on May 22, 1869.
~ Red pandas are considered
arboreal animals, because they are usually seen resting in trees.
~ Red pandas do not like
water.
~ To stay warm, red pandas
sometimes roll into a ball, with their heads tucked beneath their chest and
nose pushed between their hind paws.
~ If a red panda's den is
discovered by a human more than once, the mother panda may respond by eating her
cubs.
~ The red panda's tail is
almost the same length as its body.
~ Male red
pandas do not help take care of their cubs.
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Tuesday, November 26, 2013
BABY PANDA ESCAPES
These baby pandas keep their babysitter busy as they keep escaping from their crib.
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RED PANDA ESCAPES FROM ZOO
WASHINGTON (WJZ) — Escape from the zoo. A rare red panda goes missing from the National Zoo in Washington D.C., and leads zookeepers on a chase through nearby neighborhoods.
Kai Jackson explains how Twitter played a key role in the search.
The wayward red panda has been returned to its natural habitat, safe
and sound. The National Zoo in Washington is crediting social media with putting an end to the panda’s adventures.As critters go, this one is relatively small, but don’t be fooled. Rusty is one popular red panda.
And when the National Zoo discovered the little guy escaped, it was a big deal, and the panda hunt in Washington D.C. began.
Published June 25 2013
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The zoo says Rusty, a male, escaped some time Monday morning. The zoo turned to the citizens of Washington and social media for help. A Twitter timeline with Rusty spottings tracked the panda’s movements.
The response was overwhelming, and within hours, zookeepers cornered and captured the red panda in a neighborhood in Adams Morgan. “We were able to walk
up to him. We sent the keepers with which he is most familiar,” Smith said.“So the keepers called his name, he was familiar to them. They calmed him down. We were able to approach him with a net. Captured him in a net,” she continued.
Red pandas aren’t in the bear family, but they are tree dwellers and excellent climbers. It’s suspected, but not definitive, that Rusty may have avoided the electric fence in his habitat and escaped using a low hanging branch.
“Well, we don’t know right now in all honesty. Complete honesty, we do not know. That habitat has housed red pandas for several years,” said Pamela Baker-Masson, spokeswoman. “No one has escaped from it before.”
Veterinarians are now examining Rusty to make sure he’s okay and he wasn’t hurt during his adventures. They say the biggest danger to him would have been had he eaten something other than the bamboo he normally eats.
Red pandas are listed as a vulnerable species.
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