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Thought I'd share these beautiful screenshots of our Bao Bao (courtesy of pdxwildlife taken by Hayley ....)
Mirror , mirror .....
Lesser Panda (Ailurus Fulgens, or Shining-cat, or Red Panda) in the Chengdu Panda Breeding and Research Center (Sichuan, China)
I find that Pandas usually close their eyes while chewing. Not sure why, but I like to think they're just that focused on eating.
Back from San Diego visiting with my granddaughter and had a great time. One of the highlights was to visit the San Diego Zoo and see the baby Panda. Next time will have to spend at least two days at the zoo alone...it is amazing!
The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), also called the lesser panda, the red bear-cat, and the red cat-bear, is a mammal native to the eastern Himalayas and southwestern China. It has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs, and is slightly larger than a domestic cat. It is arboreal, feeds mainly on bamboo, but also eats eggs, birds, and insects. It is a solitary animal, mainly active from dusk to dawn, and is largely sedentary during the day.
The red panda has been classified as Endangered by the IUCN because its wild population is estimated at less than 10,000 mature individuals and continues to decline due to habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and inbreeding depression, although red pandas are protected by national laws in their range countries.
This adolescent panda was hard to photograph and so full of energy. I wish I would have gotten the whole top of his head to include his cute ears.
The San Diego Zoo pandas woke up to a winter wonderland on Saturday, November 14.
WATCH Panda Cam: zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/panda-cam
A perfectly good panda and a very good boy, just a little dusty.
Really nice large: look at that sparkle in his eye!