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Red Pandas are most active at dawn and dusk and live in the slopes south of the Himalayas and the mountainous forests of southwest China at altitudes of up to 4,800 meters and generally do not venture below 1,800 meters.
They are very skillful and acrobatic animals that live predominately in trees. They live in territories, frequently alone, and only rarely live in pairs or in groups of families. They are very quiet except for some twittering and whistling communication sounds. Red Pandas drink by plunging their paw into the water and licking their paws. They begin their daily activity with a ritual of washing their fur by licking their front paws and massaging their back, stomach, and sides. They also scrub their back and belly along the sides of trees or a rock. If a Red Panda feels threatened of senses danger, it will often try to scamper up into an inaccessible rock column or a tree. If they can no longer flee, they stand up on their hind legs, which makes them appear somewhat more daunting and allows them the possibility of using the razor-sharp claws on their front paws. Even while important in China and surrounding areas for its social, scientific, and economic significance, the Red Panda is still threatened through deforestation and other human activities including illegal hunting. - Taken from Wikipedia. |
Did you know?
A female Red Panda can eat up to 200,000 bamboo leaves per day. |
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