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Tuesday, February 20, 2018
World’s only Panda triplets celebrate Chinese New Year
China’s panda triplets celebrated in style with specially prepared treats to welcome in the New Year. . Report by Nadia Gyane.
Friday, February 24, 2017
Chengdu Panda Base
[On Air] Chengdu
Panda Base
The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is a well-known institution for the preservation of endangered wildlife, integrating scientific research and breeding of giant pandas, conservation education, tourism education, and panda cultural events.Original Version (Comment with iPanda Account)
http://en.ipanda.com/live/wolong/
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Thursday, February 23, 2017
Monday, February 20, 2017
Secret Panda Haven
Secret Panda Haven
What
would the world be, once bereft
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
Of wet and of wildness? Let them be left,
O let them be left, wildness and wet;
Long live the weeds and the wilderness yet.
- excerpt from "Inversnaid" by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1881)
The mountains of southwestern China are certainly wild and wet; in photographs they are lapped by rivers of mist. Sichuan, the name of the province that means the land of the four rivers, is the place where the Himalayas drop down toward the river basin. Rugged and remote, it has long held tight to its secrets, its variety of plants and animal species unknown to the larger world. But, every now and then, for two thousand years, those who made the difficult journey to Sichuan returned with stories of marvelous, elusive plant-eating animals.
Panda is the Nepalese word for "bamboo-eater." The giant panda is a bear; the red panda is either a cat or a raccoon, a question that has remained since Frederic Cuvier saw his first red panda in 1825. Then, in 1868, another Frenchman, Armand David, arrived at a village in Sichuan to teach at a Jesuit school there. What Pere David learned there made him famous, identifying and classifying hundreds of plants, birds, and animals. Thanks to him, the gerbil and the giant panda entered our world. He was also a pioneer in the study of animal geography, a discipline that has contributed to bringing back the giant panda from the brink of extinction. For a long time after Pere David brought word of the panda back to France, they called it" Pere David's bear."
We did not mean to endanger pandas, we admired their gentle habits but we encroached on their territory, cutting down the trees where they carved out their birthing dens and turning the land to farms, driving them ever higher into the mountains, where it was colder and less hospitable to bamboo. What wondrous lines might another Jesuit, Gerard Manley Hopkins, have given us if he had been to the haven of the giant panda?
Panda is the Nepalese word for "bamboo-eater." The giant panda is a bear; the red panda is either a cat or a raccoon, a question that has remained since Frederic Cuvier saw his first red panda in 1825. Then, in 1868, another Frenchman, Armand David, arrived at a village in Sichuan to teach at a Jesuit school there. What Pere David learned there made him famous, identifying and classifying hundreds of plants, birds, and animals. Thanks to him, the gerbil and the giant panda entered our world. He was also a pioneer in the study of animal geography, a discipline that has contributed to bringing back the giant panda from the brink of extinction. For a long time after Pere David brought word of the panda back to France, they called it" Pere David's bear."
We did not mean to endanger pandas, we admired their gentle habits but we encroached on their territory, cutting down the trees where they carved out their birthing dens and turning the land to farms, driving them ever higher into the mountains, where it was colder and less hospitable to bamboo. What wondrous lines might another Jesuit, Gerard Manley Hopkins, have given us if he had been to the haven of the giant panda?
Images:
1. Henri Milne-Edwards - Folio, plate 50, Ursus melanoeucus, female, c.1869-74, French National Museum of Natural History, Paris.
2. unknown artist - Butterfly among the flowers, c. 16th-17th century, India, Louvre Museum, Paris.
Source: http://thebluelantern.blogspot.ca/2016/10/secret-panda-haven.html
Thursday, July 9, 2015
Why are pandas so lazy?
https://youtu.be/ZgCnG1k14QE
Video: Why are pandas so lazy?
By Hanae Armitage
9 July 2015
Giant pandas seem to have mastered the art of leisure. They don’t move much, and when they do, it’s usually to eat. Now, for the first time, researchers have measured the amount of energy that pandas expend daily, or their daily energy expenditure (DEE).
Video: Why are pandas so lazy?
By Hanae Armitage
9 July 2015
Giant pandas seem to have mastered the art of leisure. They don’t move much, and when they do, it’s usually to eat. Now, for the first time, researchers have measured the amount of energy that pandas expend daily, or their daily energy expenditure (DEE).
The study, published online today in Science, finds the DEE to be surprisingly low—5.2 megajoules (MJ) instead of the predicted 13.8 MJ—ranking almost identically with that of the notoriously lazy three-toed sloth (about 5 MJ).
A 90-kg panda expends less than half the energy of an equally weighted human; even a person standing motionless still has a higher metabolic rate than an “active” panda.
The reason? The panda’s diet requires it. Though its digestive system is built for a carnivore, the giant panda survives almost exclusively on bamboo, making digestion an inefficient process. To fulfill nutrient needs, pandas eat heaping quantities of bamboo, anywhere from 9 kg to 18 kg a day.
Because this diet provides so few nutrients, pandas need to slow things down.
That means not moving a lot; harboring smaller energy-sucking organs like the liver, brain, and kidneys; and producing fewer thyroid hormones, which slows their metabolism.
Sure, we humans move around a lot more—but we don’t have to eat bamboo all day.
(Video credit: [Producer/editor] Sarah Crespi; [Research images] Y. Nei et al., Science 2015; [Stock footage] Pond5)
Posted in Biology, Plants & Animals
Science| DOI: 10.1126/science.aac8822
Source: http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/07/video-why-are-pandas-so-lazy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitter
(Video credit: [Producer/editor] Sarah Crespi; [Research images] Y. Nei et al., Science 2015; [Stock footage] Pond5)
Posted in Biology, Plants & Animals
Science| DOI: 10.1126/science.aac8822
Source: http://news.sciencemag.org/biology/2015/07/video-why-are-pandas-so-lazy?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twitter
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Name the New Baby Pandas Contest
Question: What takes two hands to hold and is black and white and red all over?
(Hint: It’s not a newspaper.)
Answer: Red panda cub twins.
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Red Panda Twins
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Red Panda Twins
National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore
OCTOBER 7, 2013
Red Pandas, Lincoln Children's Zoo
Twin three-month-old red pandas (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) huddle together at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Sartore photographed the pair as part of his Photo Ark project, through which he is documenting thousands of rare species.
"Half of all the species on Earth could be headed irreversibly toward extinction by 2100. Not if I can help it," Sartore says. "That's the idea behind the Photo Ark: getting the public to look these creatures in the eye, then care enough to save them while there's still time."
Learn more about the Photo Ark and see more pictures from the project.
OCTOBER 7, 2013
Red Pandas, Lincoln Children's Zoo
Twin three-month-old red pandas (Ailurus fulgens fulgens) huddle together at the Lincoln Children's Zoo. Sartore photographed the pair as part of his Photo Ark project, through which he is documenting thousands of rare species.
"Half of all the species on Earth could be headed irreversibly toward extinction by 2100. Not if I can help it," Sartore says. "That's the idea behind the Photo Ark: getting the public to look these creatures in the eye, then care enough to save them while there's still time."
Learn more about the Photo Ark and see more pictures from the project.
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
Zoo Panda Cub
National Zoo Panda Cub Makes Her Adorable Media Debut
Four-month-old Bao Bao met the press Monday and spoiler alert: it was really cute.
Yin Bogu / Xinhua / Sipa USA
The female giant panda cub "Bao Bao" sleeps in Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C. on Jan. 18, 2014.
Yin Bogu / Xinhua / Sipa USA
The
female giant panda cub "Bao Bao" (Rear) and her mother "Mei Xiang"
(Front) are seen in Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington D.C. on
Jan. 18, 2014.
Paul J. Richards / AFP / Getty Images
Bao
Bao, the Giant Panda cub is seen by the media for the first time
January 6, 2014 inside his glass enclosure at the National Zoo in
Washington, DC.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Giant
panda bear cub Bao Bao moves around inside the David M. Rubenstein
Family Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian National Zoological Park
January 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Animal
keeper Marty Dearie carries Bao Bao, the four and a half month old
giant panda cub, as she makes her public debut at an indoor habitat at
the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6, 2014.
Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images
Giant
panda bear cub Bao Bao (L) and her mother Mei Xiang move around inside
the David M. Rubenstein Family Giant Panda Habitat at the Smithsonian
National Zoological Park January 6, 2014 in Washington, DC.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Bao
Bao, the four and a half month old giant panda, makes her public debut
at an indoor habitat at the National Zoo in Washington, Monday, Jan. 6,
2014.
Charles Dharapak / AP
Bao Bao, who now weighs 16.9 pounds, was born to the zoo's female giant panda Mei Xiang and male giant panda Tian Tian.
The general public won’t get the chance to meet Bao Bao — the National Zoo’s 4-month-old giant panda cub — until Jan. 18. But on Monday, a few lucky members of the media got a chance to make her acquaintance and snap some photos. Born on Aug. 23, Bao Bao is still developing some basic motor skills, which meant she took some tumbles during her media session. Her name means “precious” in Chinese — which, after you view these photos of her, totally makes sense.
LINK: http://newsfeed.time.com/2014/01/06/national-zoo-panda-cub-makes-her-adorable-media-debut/photo/bao-bao/
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