Giant Panda
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Giant pandas arrive at new homeThe pair were moved to Australia as part of a good will gesture from Chinese President Hu Jintao. In this article: Giant pandas, Hu Jintao, and Australia |
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Sydney Morning Herald - Business | 18 hours ago
It's giant panda-monium
Bear essentials... female giant panda Funi arrived at Adelaide Zoo yesterday, with her mate Wang Wang. Photo: AAP CHINESE giant pandas Wang Wang and Funi arrived at their new home in Adelaide yesterday, bringing with them hopes of a $600...
In this article: Bamboo, Lance Armstrong, Tiger Woods, and China
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Telegraph.co.uk - All news | 18 hours ago
Red carpet arrival for giant pandas
...investment in mining, and the arrest of an Australian mining executive in China. The two pandas had been living at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Breeding Center in Ya'an City in southwestern Sichuan province, after the Wolong Giant Panda...
In this article: Adelaide Airport, China, Australia, Adelaide, Mike Rann, and Mr West
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AP Online | 23 hours ago
Australia welcomes giant pandas with city party
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) - Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling into their new home, a 25-acre (10-hectare) natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo.
In this article: Australia, Adelaide Airport, China, Mike Rann, and Hu Jintao
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L.A. Times - L.A. Unleashed | 1 day ago
Your morning adorable: Yun Zi, San Diego Zoo's giant panda cub, is becoming a handful
...of the San Diego Zoo's youngest residents. Yun Zi recently reached the age of 100 days, a milestone for giant panda cubs. (In accordance with Chinese tradition, panda cubs can't be formally named until they reach that age.) Yun Zi's name...
In this article: San Diego Zoo, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, and California
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BBC News | 22 hours ago
Pandas given VIP welcome in Australia
Pandas given VIP welcome in Australia Chinese giant pandas given star welcome in Australia Refrigerated rocks will keep the giant pandas cool in the Australian summer Two giant pandas from China have received a VIP welcome in Australia at...
In this article: Australia, Hu Jintao, China, Adelaide Airport, and Sichuan Province
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The Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, literally "cat-foot black-and-white") is a mammal classified in the bear family (Ursidae), native to central-western and southwestern China. The Giant Panda was previously thought to be a member of the Procyonidae (raccoon) family. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though belonging to the order Carnivora, the Giant Panda has a diet which is 99% bamboo. The Giant Panda may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, and bananas when available.
The Giant Panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. It once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict the Giant Panda to the mountains.
The Giant Panda is a conservation reliant endangered species. According to the latest report, China has 239 Giant Pandas in captivity and another 27 living outside the country. It also estimated that around 1,590 pandas are currently living in the wild. However, a 2006 study, via DNA analysis, estimated that there might be as many as 2,000 to 3,000 Giant Pandas in the wild. Though reports show that the numbers of wild pandas are on the rise, the International Union for Conservation of Nature believes there is not enough certainty to remove the Giant Panda from the endangered animal list.
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