ianmichaelthomas
Tempting Fate!
How to come to a great day to the Zoo, and leave without a finger!
This red panda came VERY close....and could easily have bitten - and it would have been the person's own fault.
RMZ has been without red pandas for a few weeks whilst improvements were made to their habitats.
As well, the zoo has gained two new red pandas, I think they hope it is a breeding pair - I will check that when I am next there.
Anyway, this is one of the two new pandas, and it is extremely cute and inquisitive! It came right up to people, and was not at all shy, which is great from a photography point of view!
Red Pandas are crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk) and live in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas and the mountainous forests of the southwest of China, at altitudes of up to 4,800 metres, and generally do not venture below 1,800 metres. They are sedentary during the day resting in the branches of trees and in tree hollows and increase their activity only in the late afternoon and/or early evening hours. They are very heat sensitive with an optimal “well-being” temperature between 17 and 25°C, and cannot tolerate temperatures over 25 °C at all. As a result, Red Pandas sleep during the hot noontime in the shady crowns of treetops; often lying stretched out on forked branches or rolled up in tree caves with their tail covering their face
Red Pandas are very skilful and acrobatic animals that live predominantly in trees. They live in territories, frequently alone, and only rarely live in pairs or in groups of families. deal of human-induced habitat destruction.
The Red Panda eats mostly bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Its diet consists of about two-thirds bamboo, but they also eat berries, fruit, mushrooms, roots, acorns, lichen, grasses, and they are known to supplement their diet with young birds, fish, eggs, small rodents, and insects on occasion. In captivity they will readily eat meat. Red Pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees. The Red Panda does little more than eat and sleep due to its low-calorie diet.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Tempting Fate!
How to come to a great day to the Zoo, and leave without a finger!
This red panda came VERY close....and could easily have bitten - and it would have been the person's own fault.
RMZ has been without red pandas for a few weeks whilst improvements were made to their habitats.
As well, the zoo has gained two new red pandas, I think they hope it is a breeding pair - I will check that when I am next there.
Anyway, this is one of the two new pandas, and it is extremely cute and inquisitive! It came right up to people, and was not at all shy, which is great from a photography point of view!
Red Pandas are crepuscular (most active at dawn and dusk) and live in the slopes of the south of the Himalayas and the mountainous forests of the southwest of China, at altitudes of up to 4,800 metres, and generally do not venture below 1,800 metres. They are sedentary during the day resting in the branches of trees and in tree hollows and increase their activity only in the late afternoon and/or early evening hours. They are very heat sensitive with an optimal “well-being” temperature between 17 and 25°C, and cannot tolerate temperatures over 25 °C at all. As a result, Red Pandas sleep during the hot noontime in the shady crowns of treetops; often lying stretched out on forked branches or rolled up in tree caves with their tail covering their face
Red Pandas are very skilful and acrobatic animals that live predominantly in trees. They live in territories, frequently alone, and only rarely live in pairs or in groups of families. deal of human-induced habitat destruction.
The Red Panda eats mostly bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Its diet consists of about two-thirds bamboo, but they also eat berries, fruit, mushrooms, roots, acorns, lichen, grasses, and they are known to supplement their diet with young birds, fish, eggs, small rodents, and insects on occasion. In captivity they will readily eat meat. Red Pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees. The Red Panda does little more than eat and sleep due to its low-calorie diet.
Royal Melbourne Zoo, Parkville, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.