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According to China Daily, the infrared camera captured the incredibly rare footage of a fully albino panda in the mountains of China's Wolong National Nature Reserve. The images were released to the public this past Saturday and researchers say it is the very first time an entirely while panda has ever been identified.
Li Sheng, of Peking University, told Xinhua news agency, the never-before-seen albino panda seems to be at most 2 years old. "Judging from the photo, the panda is physically strong and taking steady steps, suggesting the gene mutation is not affecting its normal life."
And being albino, the bear might be more sensitive to the sun but in no way should affect its ability to reproduce. If it were to reproduce, however, the offspring would only inherit the albinism if both parents carried the gene, as it is a recessive trait. In a 2014 census, it was revealed that roughly 1800 giant pandas are left in this world, according to the World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF), marking their status has "vulnerable".
Officials say that they will attempt to continue track of the bear by installing more motion cameras.
And while experts knew albinism occurred in pandas, this is the very first time it's been captured on camera! Check out the image below!
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Over the past 30 years, the Taronga zoo in Sydney, Australia, has successfully bred over 40 Red Pandas, but until now they have never had triplets! So the zoo is proud to present its first ever triplet- Rohan, Ishwar and Mishry and they are the cutest creatures we have ever seen! At around 13 weeks of age, they're just starting to emerge from their nest box and find their paws, so you are all welcome to watch them or even better, visit them at the zoo while they're still tiny!
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Via BBC Earth
When having multiple cubs, pandas will usually only care for one baby and abandon the other, but switching them around might be the key for both twins' survival. One more fascinating video by BBC Earth.
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We can totally understand how the panda feels, cuz we don't understand a single word she's saying...hahaha
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Toronto-born cubs Jia Panpan and Jia Yueyue have left their home and have made their debut at Panda Passage on Monday! The two playful pandas will call the Calgary Zoo home for the next five years.
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We love learning new facts here, no matter how random the subject matter is. And today's random fact subject will be pandas! Pandas are mostly known for originating from China, eating bamboo and being cute. But there is so much more to know about them, and some of these facts are pretty insane. Now we love pandas even more.
Panda's are just incredibly cute! Just seeing them you have to scream "AWWWW"! So we can't decided whether to shout AW or... laugh out loud!
