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Wild Pandas Further Threatened in Southern China
Reports have come in of lingering threats to the welfare of wild pandas that were affected by the earthquakes in Sichuan in May. Hou Rong, from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding estimates that almost one-third of plant life in the worst-hit areas has been destroyed, decreasing the already-small area in which pandas can find food. Reports have come in of lingering threats to the welfare of wild pandas that were affected by the earthquakes in Sichuan in May. Hou ... more
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Cute Panda Cubs - 9/8/2008 (photos)
Photos from the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding in Chengdu, China on Monday, September 8, 2008.
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Giant panda cub is born through IVF
A giant panda cub has been born at Oji Zoo in Kobe, Japan. The baby is the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial semination in two decades. The newborn is 25 centimetres long and weighs 100 grammes. Its sex is not yet known.
The BBC website shows footage of the mum and baby! A giant panda cub has been born at Oji Zoo in Kobe, Japan. The baby is the first to be successfully bred in Japan through artificial s... more -
Could pandas be an evolutionary mistake—or proof of an intelligent designer?
Pandas have been ridiculed for their decidedly non-bearlike vegetarian diets, their apparent lack of interest in—and aptitude for—sex, their tendency to spend the majority of their time sitting, eating, scratching (video), and defecating (about 40 times per day)—even for being, shall we say, plump. These rather "unfit" characteristics have made the giant panda a favorite animal of creationists, who argue that the panda’s survival proves the existence of God. How is it, they ask, that such a species could have "evolved" to be so poorly suited for survival and could have lasted these "alleged" tens of thousands of years without a little help from a higher power? Pandas have been ridiculed for their decidedly non-bearlike vegetarian diets, their apparent lack of interest in—and aptitude for—sex,... more
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United Kingdom Talk Tuesday 5th August 2008
Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats.
In today's show :
Fully digitalized.
Marsha likes Live 365.
The eye is better.
Stories in the streets.
A co-pilot.
Susan likes the mail man !
Not good at double headers.
Does anyone watch on a little video player ?
Looking in the mirror.
My nephew's and niece's Nan has one too many.
People cross the road.
"United Kingdom Talk Video". Now available on I tunes.
Why do I wait for something to happen.
Welcome Catherine.
No Panda's are being sent !
2 very good looking people.
Monty the dog.
Something bores me.
Britney Patel.
Imagine working in a bank.
Welcome Yannick.
2 cotton buds is better than one.
A gentle squeeze.
A full orchestra.
Insect eggs.
Email : Chris@unitedkingdomtalk.co.uk
WWW.UNITEDKINGDOMTALK.CO.UK Tuesday's edition of my three times a week talk show.Watch the show here on CURRENT TV on Tues, Thurs & Sats. ... more -
Pandas born in breeding center
Check out these adorable photos!
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Boost in China's Panda population
Four giant panda cubs have been born within 14 hours in China, boosting the population of the endangered species.
The cubs were born at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Centre in south-west Sichuan province, state media reported.
A pair of female twins was born to nine-year-old Qiyuan late on Saturday, Xinhua news agency reported.
About an hour later, eight-year-old panda Chenggong gave birth to another cub, while Zhuzhu, also eight, gave birth on Sunday.
The giant panda is one of the world's most endangered species, because of the destruction of its forest habitat and lack of contact between isolated populations.
According to experts only about 1,600 pandas remain in the wild, mostly in Sichuan and neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu provinces.
Another 180 pandas are being raised in captivity in China. Four giant panda cubs have been born within 14 hours in China, boosting the population of the endangered species. ... more -
4 panda cubs born at Chinese breeding center
BEIJING - Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare animals, a state news agency reported Sunday.
The births began Saturday at the Chengdu Panda Breeding Research Center when 9-year-old Qiyuan, or Magic Luck, gave birth to female twins at 5:24 p.m. and 6:16 p.m., Xinhua News Agency reported, citing center expert Yang Feifei.
Eight-year-old Chenggong, or Success, gave birth to a cub at 7:51 p.m., followed by 8-year-old Zhuzhu, or Pearl, who delivered at 6:55 a.m. Sunday, Yang said.
The center currently has 71 pandas in captivity, Xinhua said.
The giant panda is revered as an unofficial national symbol of China. Only about 1,600 pandas live in the wild, mostly in southwestern Sichuan province, which was hit by an earthquake in May that killed nearly 70,000 people.
China's most famous panda preserve, the Wolong Nature Reserve, was seriously damaged in the quake and forced to relocate most of its pandas. The preserve is at the heart of China's gargantuan effort to use captive breeding and artificial insemination to save the giant panda BEIJING - Four giant panda cubs were born within 14 hours at a breeding center in southwest China, a mini baby boom for the rare anima... more -
Rejected Red Panda adopted by Cat
A newborn red panda rejected by its mother in Amsterdam's Artis zoo has been adopted by a domestic cat, the zoo said Friday. The cat is nursing the red panda, currently about the size of a kitten, along with her own four kittens, the zoo said.
The red panda was born on June 30 and rejected by its mother soon afterwards. Red pandas look like raccoons and when fully grown are slightly larger than a domestic cat -- substantially smaller than the black and white giant panda.
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http://www.worldamazingrecords.com A newborn red panda rejected by its mother in Amsterdam's Artis zoo has been adopted by a domestic cat, the zoo said Friday. The ... more -
Earthquake panda gives birth
One of the pandas that survived the devastation of the May 12, 2008 earthquake in China has given birth. Check out the photos.
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Famed panda reserve destroyed by China quake
China's massive earthquake this month killed as many as 80,000 people, leveled over 400,000 homes, and threatened dams and lakes, bringing out an unusual, grassroots goodwill in the process. It also affected a number of crucial sanctuaries for China's unofficial mascot, and one of the world's most beloved (and threatened) animals: the giant panda. While most pandas are safe at the famed Wolong Panda Reserve, which is part of a 7-sanctuary UNESCO World Heritage site, the sanctuary is so badly damaged that it will probably have to be relocated, staff told state media today. Nearly half of the base's 86 pandas have been evacuated to another sanctuary in Sichuan, eight have been sent to Beijing on a previously-arranged Olympic trip. and, after the capture of five escaped pandas, one is still unaccounted for.
As Marc Brody, president of the U.S.-China Environmental Fund (USCEF), pointed out to National Geographic, a relocation--no spot has been named yet--would be a valuable opportunity to reconsider the way pandas are kept in captivity. The giant panda, of which there may be over 1,600 in the wild, is notoriously bad at breeding in captivity, perhaps because panda breeding grounds do not replicate the panda's natural habitat (this is also thought to be why Xiang Xiang, a panda released into the wild last year did not survive). Also a concern are supplies of bamboo, panda's favorite food: because the earthquake made roads between the Wolong base and nearby bamboo supplies impassable, the government had to arrange an emergency food shipment of about 5 tons of bamboo for the 47 pandas still at the reserve. One suggestion for a new spot: pandas tend to like areas that are in the mountains, and with a plentiful supply of bamboo.
The earthquake, which struck during the "love"-prone phase of some of the pandas' reproductive period, caused the pandas to freeze in trees and stare at the sky, resisting their handlers' entreaties to come down. Their unusual behavior reportedly began prior to the quake -- one group rose from a listless spell and began to pace back and forth -- leading to speculation that they knew that a natural disaster was immanent -- a skill that would put them in league with the Thai elephants that supposedly predicted the Asian tsunami of 2004 minutes before it struck.
Regardless of pandas' ability to predict disaster, their already critically endangered status could make captive giant pandas especially vulnerable to disaster. Aid groups in the Sichuan area, like Friends of World Heritage, have now turned their attention to restoring their manmade habitats. And, in a revision of panda diplomacy (or simply panda goodwill), zoos in Scotland and the US , which pay $1 million a year to borrow pandas from China, are pitching in to help in the rebuilding process. China's massive earthquake this month killed as many as 80,000 people, leveled over 400,000 homes, and threatened dams and lakes,... more -
Pandas Survive China Earthquake
As the human death toll mounts from the massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, here's a rare bit of good news: 60 giant pandas, one of the world's most endangered species, have survived.
Found only in China, the giant panda is the subject of one of the world's most extensive and cooperative rehabilitation efforts. Zoos all over the world are in the business of trying to breed pandas in captivity, for re-release in the wild. With only 1,600 living in the wild, the survival of these 144 bears amounts to saving 9% of the population, a significant amount. As the human death toll mounts from the massive 7.9-magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, here's a rare bit of g... more -
Pandas, Buddha, Mts.,Ladies. Chengdu China.
Part 1 of 2. We check out the Panda Park in Chengdu then head to Leshan for the biggest Buddha in the world. After that we head to Emei Shan, andeventually make it back to Chengdu for a night on the town with local ladies...mmm Spicy. Part 1 of 2. We check out the Panda Park in Chengdu then head to Leshan for the biggest Buddha in the world. After that we head to E... more
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