The Red Panda by https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh By: Hannah Shafer en-us 2017-08-28 14:00:57 UTC 2024-11-28 13:42:48 UTC hello@padlet.com Scientific Name shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183120103 Ailurus fulgens]]> 2017-08-28 14:09:59 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183120103 Where do they live? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183120629 Red Pandas typically roam the Eastern Himalayas Nepal and Northern Myanmar. Some even live in central China. They can live in rainforests and mountains. Also they typically spend most of their time in the trees. ]]> 2017-08-28 14:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183120629 What do they eat? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183121495 Red Pandas have an unusual diet for most mammals. The majority of their diet consists of bamboo. They like the youngest most tender roots and leaves of the bamboo. But when it gets warmer they also like to feed on fruit and insects ]]> 2017-08-28 14:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183121495 Why are Red Pandas endangered ? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183123826 Red Pandas are endangered to severe amount of deforestation. Deforestation is the act of destroying large amounts of trees. Where they live is being destroyed by people who wants to spread agriculture.
Scientists estimate that over 3 generations (18 years) the population of Red Pandas has decreased 50% ]]> 2017-08-28 14:22:15 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183123826 shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183125122 2017-08-28 14:26:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183125122 shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183126910 2017-08-28 14:32:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183126910 Fun Facts shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183127039 - they are on average the size of a house cat
- they have an average life span of 8 years
- they aren't actually pandas
- they are vegetarian  herbivores 
- they have false thumbs 
- they are escape artists ]]> 2017-08-28 14:33:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183127039 How many are surviving today? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183128811 There are less than 10,000 Red Pandas left in the world today. ]]> 2017-08-28 14:39:06 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183128811 What efforts are in place to protect them? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183132230 There are many clinics, facilities, and zoos that are reliably continuing to maintain self-sustaining populations.  In Nepal there is also a special group called forest guardians who are helping this special animal. Also the Red Panda Network was formed in order to help save the Red Pandas. ]]> 2017-08-28 14:49:34 UTC https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183132230 Why are Red Pandas important? Why should we care? shafehan000 https://padlet.com/shafehan000/jed7mfzhrcyh/wish/183133568 The Red Panda is the only species kind of its kind in the world. They also have no living relatives. 
They are also a huge part of the food chain. They are hunted by the Snow Leopard and the Yellow Throated Marten and if they went extinct then their predators wouldn't have enough to eat. 

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