Red Pandas!

 Hi everyone! Today we are going to talk about red pandas! Red pandas are adorable(yay!) & endangered(no!). So, we need to support them. Today here to help me on this topic, Red Panda Network, RPN! Here is the link to their website. They do great work, and I have adopted a red panda through their project.



 

    I have completed their Red Panda Ranger challenges as well. They have multiple things going on right now, including their always going campaign for #NoPandaPets. Sadly, people try to get red pandas as pets. Or, they try to get fur, teeth, meat....Yeah, I'll stop there. You get the idea.  Red pandas deserve to be saved! Continuing with some facts.

Alright, first off, the craziness. Red pandas are technically carnivores, but 95% of their diet is bamboo! I don't know how or why. The other 5% is berries, eggs, and insects. Secondly, they eat up to 30% of their body weight in bamboo every day! That would be like if you were 90 lbs, you would eat around 30 lbs of food every day! They also are not related to pandas. They were discovered 50 years before the giant panda! They have their own family, Ailurdae, that only has red pandas in it. 

That's all I am going to say today!

-AnimalFanatic
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