Wildlife Photos: Red Pandas

Where are the pandas? Probably resting in the trees. Because their diets are mostly bamboo (a low nutrient food), red pandas don't have much energy to spare. If it's hotter or colder than their thermal "comfort zone," they rest as much as possible. They curl up to conserve body heat when it's cold, and stretch out on a branch when it's hot.

Bamboo shoots, fruit, roots, acorns, insects, and small birds, mammals, and reptiles.

Females give birth to one to four young (usually two) in a tree cavity once a year.

Endangered. Like giant pandas, red pandas face extinction due to the destruction of their habitat. Bred in zoos under a Species Survival Plan.

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Location		Status
	All		Both
	National Zoo		Captive
	Pittsburgh Zoo		Wild
	Chesapeake Bay
	Burke Lake