Red Pandas

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The red panda is known as the “first panda” because it was so named nearly 50 years before the giant panda.

Even though the red panda is classified as a carnivore, its diet is almost exclusively bamboo.

Englishman Major-General Thomas Hardwicke was most likely the first to describe the red panda, but he did not publish his work for several years. In the meantime, Frédéric Cuvier did not wait as long and published the first written description of the red panda in 1825.

Red pandas, like giant pandas, live in Asia’s high forests and are bamboo eaters. However, despite these similarities, red pandas and giant pandas are not related.

Both red pandas and giant pandas have a pseudo-thumb, which is a modified wrist bone.

The name “Firefox” is the red panda’s nickname

The Mozilla Firefox logo is not a fox; it’s actually a red panda. One of the red panda’s nicknames is the red fox.

Red pandas are the only living member of the family Ailuridae.

The red panda is not actually a panda. It’s believed that its name is derived from the Nepalese words “nigalya ponya,” meaning “bamboo eater.”

A red panda eats approximately 200 bamboo shoots and leaves per day, which is about 20 to 30% of their body weight.

Though listed as endangered, the red panda is poached regularly for its pelt and beautiful tail, which is often used on hats for wedding ceremonies in the Yunnan province of China.

A red panda is also known as the lesser panda, the red bear cat, and the red cat bear.

A red panda is a bit larger than a domestic/house cat.

The red panda is the only known non-primate mammal to show a preference for the artificial sweetener aspartame.

Is the red panda a bear? A type of raccoon? Throughout the years, scientists have placed the adorable animal in either the racoon or bear family. They now classify it as the only surviving member of the family Ailuridae.

Scientists estimate that the red panda population will decline by over 10% in the next three generations.

There are fewer than 10,000 mature red pandas left in the world, and only 2,500 left in the wild. Additionally, despite being listed as endangered, their population continues to decline due to habitat loss, poaching, and problems associated with inbreeding.

The scientific name for the red panda is Ailurus fulgens, which means “red shining cat.”

The red panda is also known as the lesser panda, firefox, and red cat-bear.

The red panda is found in five countries: Nepal, India, Bhutan, Myanmar, and China.

Because red panda cubs are very small (3.5 ounces) when they are born, their survival rate is as low as 50%.

Due to their low-calorie diet, red pandas do little more than eat and sleep.

The red panda is considered to be a living fossil.

Red pandas are more closely related to skunks, weasels, and raccoons than they are to giant pandas.

The first known written record of the red panda is found in a 13th-century Zhou (Chou) dynasty scroll. They weren’t known to Europeans until six centuries later.

The red panda was almost named “wha” because it has a loud cry or call that sounds like the word “wha.”

According to one scientist, the red panda is the most beautiful mammal on earth.

Frédéric Cuvier, who published the first Western scientific description of the red panda in 1825, called it “quite the most handsome mammal in existence.”

A red panda named Babu escaped a nature reserve in England and spent four days on the lam. His escapades turned him into a media sensation before his recapture.

A red panda cub weighs just about 3.5 ounces at birth and easily fits in the cupped palm of a hand.

Scientists see red pandas as a critical indicator species for the health of the Himalayan ecosystem.

The character Master Shifu in the movie Kung Fu Panda is a red panda.

Red pandas have escaped from zoos in London, Birmingham, Rotterdam, and the Smithsonian Zoo. The Association of Zoos and Aquariums includes in their care package of information: “beware,” red pandas are escape artists.”

There has been a 40% decrease in the red panda population over the last 50 years.

Red pandas are typically shy and solitary, except when they are mating.

SOURCE: FACTRETRIEVER

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  1. Afternoon All!
    we’re back, unloaded, unpacked and freshly bathed…LOL
    i am going to try to read a bit–see what happened this weekend while i was away–because Mom doesn’t get a newspaper (don’t blame her), doesn’t have internet (less expense) and all we watched were polka shows, Mike & Molly, And Raymond (as she calls it.)

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  2. this is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    Wolf
    June 4, 2023 00:57

    A heartwarming story:

    In Chandler, Arizona, Doug is a loyal customer at Arby’s restaurant. Actually, he’s the most loyal customer they have there. Doug is a 97-year-old World War II veteran, and has long loved the famous roast beef sandwiches on which the chain has built its reputation.

    Doug comes in every single day to enjoy a meal with his favorite sandwich. He almost always orders a Swiss cheese filled roast beef slider and a Coke with no ice. All the staff members there have memorized that as his “usual.” After quite a while, one of the employees, Travis Coye, wanted to know more about this elderly man, and why he had such a fascination with the food they serve there. So he asked him why he keeps coming there; why that location?

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    Then, after Doug’s story made national news, Arby’s gave him another gift… free food for the rest of his life. Now he never has to worry about where his next meal is coming from, giving him more time to make more friendship.

    Source: Daniel Moloney.

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  9. Charlie Kirk
    @charliekirk11
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    June 4, 2023 02:08

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  15. Citizen 817
    June 4, 2023 12:22 am

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    1. hmmmmmm…i like this analogy

      MAGA Minuteman
      MAGA Minuteman
      June 4, 2023 6:52 am
      Reply to Citizen 817

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    @JamesBradleyCA
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    Truth
    June 4, 2023 7:59 am

    North Miami Beach Democrat Mayor Arrested for Illegal Voting, Faces Up to 15 Years in Prison

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  23. cn
    June 4, 2023 1:07 pm

    WEF Insider Admits Gates Is ‘Force Jabbing’ Humanity With mRNA in Food Supply

    While everyone was distracted by the mainstream media’s latest news cycles, the elites have begun pumping mRNA into the US meat supply, with plans underway to insert synthetic mRNA into commercial milk and vegetables. And Congress has been exposed covering for Big Pharma and allowing them to pump mRNA into our food supply without our knowledge.

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    Florida businessman says his daughter, granddaughter and nanny were on private Cessna which crashed in Virginia – as Pentagon says its fighter jets did NOT shoot it down but used flares to try to get the attention of its ‘unresponsive pilot’
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    At around the same time, a plane crashed into the mountainous areas of Virginia
    Social media users reported hearing a huge ‘bang’ in the city, with some saying it shook their homes

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