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 Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:13 pm
I watched a documentary not too long ago about red pandas. I thought they were so beautiful and interesting! So I though I would share them with all of you!! With a Gallery and Facts!Gallery arrow    Facts arrow Order: Carnivora
Family: Ailuridae
Genus and Species: Ailurus fulgens
Description: Red pandas, which resemble raccoons, are about 42 inches long, including a long, bushy tail. They weigh between seven and 14 pounds. Their red-and-white markings blend in with the red mosses and white lichens that grow on the trees in which they live. Their soft, dense fur covers their entire body—even the soles of their feet. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're in trees. They also cover themselves with their tails in winter.
Distribution and Habitat: Red pandas live in the cool temperate bamboo forests in Sichuan and Yunnan Provinces in China, in the Himalayas, and in Myanmar. They share part of their range with giant pandas.
Diet: Red pandas primarily eat bamboo leaves as well as berries, blossoms, bird eggs, and various plants' small leaves. Their broad teeth and strong jaws allow them to chew bamboo's tough leaves and stalks. They also have a small, bony projection on their wrists that helps them grip bamboo stalks. Giant pandas also have this thumb-like adaptation.
Reproduction: After a gestation of about 134 days, litters of one to four young are born. Young stay in the nest for about 90 days, remain close to their mother until the next mating season begins, and reach adult size at about 12 months. Adult red pandas lead solitary lives.
Conservation: Red pandas are endangered because of habitat loss. There are fewer than 2,500 adult red pandas.
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Posted: Mon Jan 08, 2007 6:20 pm
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 2:55 am
They are such amazing creatures! The pictures are wonderful, they are so adorable.
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:35 pm
Razorblade-x-milkshake They are such amazing creatures! The pictures are wonderful, they are so adorable.
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 9:43 pm
Beautiful critters. I love that pic of the one that is standing on his back legs.
I got to pat one at a zoo once. heart
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Posted: Tue Jan 09, 2007 10:17 pm
Skeksis Beautiful critters. I love that pic of the one that is standing on his back legs. I got to pat one at a zoo once. heart
Besides pictures, I have never seen one neutral
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 6:19 pm
YAY!!! a fourm about red pandas! they are my favorite animals! they are so cute!!!too bad they are endangered crying i wish people would try to save these awesome animals
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Posted: Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:07 pm
animallover456 YAY!!! a fourm about red pandas! they are my favorite animals! they are so cute!!!too bad they are endangered crying i wish people would try to save these awesome animals
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Posted: Fri Jan 12, 2007 12:09 pm
Shiloh1991 animallover456 YAY!!! a fourm about red pandas! they are my favorite animals! they are so cute!!!too bad they are endangered crying i wish people would try to save these awesome animals That is a good idea... do you know any ways i could help?I saw that fourm you made about the spirt bears they are beatiful!
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 9:57 am
animallover456 Shiloh1991 animallover456 YAY!!! a fourm about red pandas! they are my favorite animals! they are so cute!!!too bad they are endangered crying i wish people would try to save these awesome animals That is a good idea... do you know any ways i could help?I saw that fourm you made about the spirt bears they are beatiful!
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Posted: Mon Jan 15, 2007 6:30 pm
Shiloh1991 animallover456 Shiloh1991 animallover456 YAY!!! a fourm about red pandas! they are my favorite animals! they are so cute!!!too bad they are endangered crying i wish people would try to save these awesome animals That is a good idea... do you know any ways i could help?I saw that fourm you made about the spirt bears they are beatiful! http://www.earthisland.org/rpp/donate.html Thank You!!!
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Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2007 12:06 pm
Red Pandas are adorable! It's so sad that many of the world's most amazing creatures are becoming endangered. neutral
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Posted: Thu Feb 01, 2007 6:22 pm
!GreenEnigma! Red Pandas are adorable! It's so sad that many of the world's most amazing creatures are becoming endangered. neutral
blaugh They are very cute!
Yes, I watched a documentary on Cloud Forest. I was smiling through the entire thing. Until they announced that the frogs were extinct and the birds were endangered sad It makes me very sad that so much beauty must parish, because of careless humans.
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Posted: Fri Feb 02, 2007 2:44 pm
Omg I've seen them at the Zoo!!! <33
Theyre soo adorable and wonderful!! <333
those are some good quality images!! eek
Before I knew them I had mistaken them as one of the Red Foxes XD lol
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Posted: Sat Feb 03, 2007 12:13 pm
the red pand is an amazing animal worth human protectin and conservation
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