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1. Giant Panda @http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/WebCams/giant-panda.cfm This is a really cool panda cam @http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/giantpandas/pandafacts/

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[|Red Panda]
@http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/AsiaTrail/RedPanda/factsheet.cfm

@http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/red-panda

The Giant Panda [] This is a really cool panda cam [] Giant Panda Facts:They are carnivores.

Description: There are about 3000 left in the wild. T he giant panda, a black-and-white bear, They stand between two and three feet tall at the shoulder on all fours. W ild giant panda’s diet is exclusively ( 73 percent) bamboo. G iant pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice gruel, a special high-fiber biscuit, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes. at zoos. A cub may nurse for eight to nine months. The giant panda has lived in bamboo forests for several million years. A p anda usually eats while sitting upright. At birth, the cub is helpless. Female pandas ovulate only once a year, in the spring. New bamboo shoots are about 40 percent water. Giant pandas may be reproductive until about age 13. Giant pandas reach breeding maturity between four and eight years of age.

Habitat live in a all mountain ranges in central China. They live in elevations between 5,000 and 10,000 feet. Giant pandas live receive about 30 to 40 inches of rain and snow a year. [ //Fast Facts// // More than 300 pandas live in zoos. Zoo pandas live to be as old as 35. Millions of Zoo visitors enjoy watching giant pandas eat. // ////Video:[[media type="youtube" key="3rEKsfmcSho" width="560" height="315"

The red Panda

Description: Red pandas, which resemble raccoon, are about 42 inches long, including a long, bushy tail. R ed panda are 35 pounds. Their red-and-white markings blend in with the red mosses and white lichens. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're in trees. They also cover themselves with their tails in winter. They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas have this thumb-like adaptation. After a gestation of about 134 days, litters of one to four young are born.Young stay in the nest for about 40 days. Reach adult size at about 36 </range id="524278714_1">months. Red pandas are //width="240" height="1.5; width: 240" align="left"]] ften killed when they get caught in traps meant for other animals such as wild pigs and deer, that is why there are so little of them. They are also poached for their distinctive pelts in China and Myanmar. Approximately 38 percent of the total potential red panda habitat is in Nepal. Other community initiatives to stop the hunting and capture of red pandas. //

//Habitat: They share part of their range with giant pandas. Red pandas live in the cool temperate bamboo forests. Almost 50 percent of the red panda’s habitat is in the Eastern Himalayas //

Fast Facts: There are fewer than<range type="comment" id="524275588_4"> 4,000 adult red pandas</range id="524275588_4">. The red panda is slightly larger than a domestic cat with a bear-like body and thick russet fur. Red panda fur caps or hats have been found for sale in Bhutan. Any person found guilty of killing, buying or selling red pandas faces a fine of up to <range type="comment" id="524275588_3">$ 20,000 /</range id="524275588_3">or up to ten years in jail

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