good heavens, I didn't even know there were such creatures as red pandas...all along I thought it was the adorable ones I saw on tv which were the only type of pandas in existence :-)
but I know in Japan, they had some tourist spots which have these other cousins...
Huhuhu......include me when rolling in tar, ashes & feathers. I didn't know there's such an animal too. To me pandas are the rolly polly black & white ones.
ok Ted, I googled..and found out they are lesser pandas :-)
from wikipedia:
The Red Panda, also called the Firefox or Lesser Panda (Latin name: Ailurus fulgens, "shining cat"), is a mostly herbivorous mammal, specialized as a bamboo feeder. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat.
This name was given to it by Thomas Hardwicke, when he introduced it to Europeans in 1821. It is called a Cat Bear because it was thought to be related to a small bear and washes itself like a cat by licking its entire body. Other names include Bear Cat, Bright Panda, Common Panda, Fire Fox, Red Fox, Fox Bear, Himalayan Raccoon, Lesser Panda...
The Red Panda eats mostly bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Its diet consists of about two-thirds bamboo, but they also eat berries, fruit, mushrooms, roots, acorns, lichen, grasses, and they are known to supplement their diet with young birds, fish, eggs, small rodents, and insects on occasion. In captivity they will readily eat meat. Red Pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees.
Well, if you're up to it, we can plan a trip to Chengdu, home of the pandas. Btw, heard that most renovations at the Forbidden City will be completed in 2010!
Too bad you didn't see any Pandas in Beijing. We saw a bunch of them while in Shanghai at the zoo and the wild life park.
ReplyDeleteWere those pandas on the Japan hour greater or lesser pandas? I like in Chinese panda combines the characters for bear and cat: 熊猫 (xiangmao).
actually Ted, I didn't even know there were red pandas..or that there were greater or lesser pandas at all....
ReplyDelete*rolls in tar, ashes and feathers in shame at my ignorance*
my friends told me jokingly to go to Hong Kong and see the pandas there..LOL! well, it does make sense...its still China...
ReplyDeleteanother photo of the cutie....I really thought there were only the chinese pandas..so am glad to find more cute animals...
ReplyDeleteinteresting...I recognize the last character...and thats simplified right? how far away is it from traditional writing or is it just this version...
ReplyDeleteIs this what you missed? Sayang. They are so cute and huggable!
ReplyDeleteAre they available for viewing at the zoos there?
Thanks for sharing these photos. Didn't know there was such an animal called Red Panda.
ReplyDeleteI admit the pandas I knew were those huggable black and white, as well as the ice cream and ballpen..mwahaha!
ReplyDeleteI don't know in China....
ReplyDeletegood heavens, I didn't even know there were such creatures as red pandas...all along I thought it was the adorable ones I saw on tv which were the only type of pandas in existence :-)
but I know in Japan, they had some tourist spots which have these other cousins...
ooh, here is one more picture which shows the tail...reminds me of something else :-)
ReplyDeleteRocky Racoon. Oh, those guys have a vicious bite and always like to invade homes for food.
ReplyDeletewhen I was a little girl, I had this ambition to have a raccoon for a pet...coz I liked how they washed their food...hehehe!
ReplyDeleteHuhuhu......include me when rolling in tar, ashes & feathers. I didn't know there's such an animal too. To me pandas are the rolly polly black & white ones.
ReplyDeleteok Ted, I googled..and found out they are lesser pandas :-)
ReplyDeletefrom wikipedia:
The Red Panda, also called the Firefox or Lesser Panda (Latin name: Ailurus fulgens, "shining cat"), is a mostly herbivorous mammal, specialized as a bamboo feeder. It is slightly larger than a domestic cat.
This name was given to it by Thomas Hardwicke, when he introduced it to Europeans in 1821. It is called a Cat Bear because it was thought to be related to a small bear and washes itself like a cat by licking its entire body. Other names include Bear Cat, Bright Panda, Common Panda, Fire Fox, Red Fox, Fox Bear, Himalayan Raccoon, Lesser Panda...
The Red Panda eats mostly bamboo. Like the Giant Panda, it cannot digest cellulose, so it must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Its diet consists of about two-thirds bamboo, but they also eat berries, fruit, mushrooms, roots, acorns, lichen, grasses, and they are known to supplement their diet with young birds, fish, eggs, small rodents, and insects on occasion. In captivity they will readily eat meat. Red Pandas are excellent climbers and forage largely in trees.
Mommy V, don't!
ReplyDeleteyou shall spoil your pristine outfit..let me do the rolling as I am already covered in it :-(
why are bears so cute...when its not even safe to approach some of them?
hmm..who cares? I still want to roll and rub the fur of the b/w ones :-)
Thanks Cat. Now I know what a firefox is.....and I thought it was just a cool name for an internet browser.
ReplyDeleteYa, Ted.....hihihi. Who would have thought that the internet browser shares a name with an animal!!!
ReplyDeleteWell, if you're up to it, we can plan a trip to Chengdu, home of the pandas. Btw, heard that most renovations at the Forbidden City will be completed in 2010!
ReplyDeletehaha! I actually thought of the Clint Eastwood movie where he was a pilot...
ReplyDeletebut yes, now that you mention it...its such a cool name for a browser...
hmm..is that a hint?
ReplyDeleteso you mean, you still dare to go on a trip with us? :-)
after all the walking, bargaining, picture-taking and blisters?
*grin*
they could have named it FireRat, FireWorm, FireAnt, FireLizard, FireCrab, FireGrasshopper...Fire...ehem...
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