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Absence makes the heart grow fonder. After more than a year without them, the Smithsonian’s National Zoo in Washington, D.C. has welcomed a new pair of giant pandas for guests to visit. Three ...
Newly-released video shows the Smithsonian's National Zoo's new pandas from China settling into their new home. On Friday, the zoo shared a video on Instagram of the pandas "having a ball" while ...
During the shoot season (April–August), pandas store a large amount of food in preparation for the months succeeding this seasonal period, in which pandas live off a diet of bamboo leaves. [53] The giant panda is a highly specialised animal with unique adaptations, and has lived in bamboo forests for millions of years. [ 54 ]
Giant pandas live 15-20 years in the wild, and up to 30 years when cared for by humans. To learn even more about these delightful black and white creatures, visit our giant panda page .
The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries (simplified Chinese: 四川大熊猫栖息地; traditional Chinese: 四川大熊貓棲息地; pinyin: Sìchuān Dàxióngmāo Qīxīdì) located in southwest Sichuan province of China, is the home to more than 30% of the world's giant pandas and is among the most important sites for the captive breeding of these pandas.
By reintegrating the fragmented populations, which can contain less than 10 pandas, the park reduces the possibility that the pandas inbreed or mate with individuals with similar genes. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] It allows pandas to cross provincial boundaries and roam more freely, so that they can choose from a greater variety of mates, thus increasing the ...
The young pandas were brought to the zoo this past fall. In the video, the giant pandas are seen rolling in grass, climbing trees and being "unbearably cute." New video of pandas at National Zoo ...
Tian Tian (Chinese: 添添; pinyin: Tiān Tiān; lit. 'More and More or “Tim Tim”') is a 275-pound male giant panda formerly at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. The panda was born on August 27, 1997, at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda at the Wolong National Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, to Yong Ba (mother) and Pan Pan (father).