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Chogyam Trungpa Gyatso,
Tibetan Monk
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Giant Pandas live on mountainous slopes in western China and Eastern Tibet.
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John Carthy,
Gun Shop Sales Assistant
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Giant pandas are robust members of the bear family with a distinctive black and white coat.
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Bori Gonbutoren,
Reindeer Herder
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Giant pandas specialize in eating bamboo, and so if the temperate bamboo forests in the mountains of central China continue to be cut down, there will be no room for giant pandas in the wild.
Giant pandas have broad, flat molars modified for crushing, and an enlarged wristbone which functions as an opposable thumb - both specialized adaptations for eating bamboo.
Giant pandas are adapted to living in high-altitude forests in the mountains of central China, and so they can easily deal with the wintry weather of Washington.
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Arthur Dawkins,
Astro-physicist
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Furthermore, giant pandas can inspire visitors to care for wildlife and threatened ecosystems around the world.
Our new giant pandas are part of a breeding program that carefully matches potential giant panda parents in order to keep the population genetically healthy well into the future.
Giant pandas are a critically endangered species.
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Shane Kelly,
Bar Tender
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There are no Giant Pandas in Australia or New Zealand.
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Sasha Prevette,
Kindergarten student
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Help save giant pandas and red pandas every time you order from Panda Products.
Wild giant pandas bear a cub every two years or more.
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