red pandas by Ava Sperling https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq Made with no regrets, whatsoever en-us 2017-10-20 07:48:51 UTC 2023-08-17 02:36:59 UTC hello@padlet.com Red pandas are small mammals with long, fluffy tails and red and white markings. Though they share a name with the more famous giant panda, they are not closely related. In fact, the name 'panda' was first applied to these animals, and not to the larger black-and-white bear. ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198960983 2017-10-20 07:56:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198960983 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198961507 Red pandas were at first classified as relatives of raccoons in the Procyonidae family, because of physical similarities, such as the head, teeth and ringed tail, according to the Smithsonian National Zoo. Later, because of some DNA similarities, they were classified as bears in the Ursidae family. Recent genetic research now places them in their own family, Ailuridae. They have no living relatives, and their nearest fossil ancestors lived 3 million to 4 million years ago]]> 2017-10-20 07:59:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198961507 Wild, endangered animals have all the drawbacks of unendangered wild pets plus are illegal. If you want to "own" a red panda, research zoos that have programs which allow you to "adopt" a zoo animal. ... A red panda does not make a good pet. They are not suited for domestic life and would be very unhappy. ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198961915 2017-10-20 08:00:58 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198961915 links ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198967145 2017-10-20 08:26:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198967145 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198967369 2017-10-20 08:28:00 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/198967369 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/199792750 2017-10-23 21:34:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/199792750 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/199828241 2017-10-24 01:46:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/199828241 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200617133 2017-10-25 20:47:25 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200617133 The red panda's diet is very unusual for a mammal and consists mostly of bamboo. When the weather is warm enough, they also eat insects and fruit. Although the giant panda eats almost every part of the bamboo plant (except the roots), the red panda only eats the youngest, most tender shoots and leaves. ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200618252 2017-10-25 20:51:55 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200618252 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200618613 2017-10-25 20:53:29 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200618613 red pandas live in the ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200659052 Eastern Himalayas]]> 2017-10-26 01:33:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/200659052 ava3376 https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/201054667 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hPKab2d4_Xw]]> 2017-10-26 23:59:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ava3376/7kg8gx71xpqq/wish/201054667