It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of red pandas from around the world

06/01/12 3,028 Views 10 Comments

IT MAY BE a new year but some things just don’t change around these parts.

Here at TheJournal.ie‘s HQ we’ve had our weekly debate on which cuddly, clever, misunderstood or plain awesome animals to feature in our Friday slideshow.

The winner? The red-panda.

(Note: The black-and-white giant panda is a whole other ball game and we’re compiling a separate mega-post for the brilliant creatures. Watch this space – this seems like a promise).

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of red pandas from around the world

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Now that's a close-up!
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Two four-week-old twin red pandas at Galloway Wildlife Conservation Park near Kirkcudbright in Scotland.
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Red Pandas eat mostly vegetation although they will eat eggs. Red Pandas are mostly active during the early morning and the early evening and spend the rest of their time asleep up trees. Bamboo leaves are the Red Pandas main food and are grasped in the panda's front paw. They put the leaves into the side of the mouth where the teeth cut through the leaves. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye)
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Tai and Pip, twin red pandas, received round-the-clock care from zookeepers who hand fed them with baby bottles. They were taken from their mother after she showed aggression towards one of the babies. There are between 2,000 and 5,000 red pandas in the wild. Image: AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Jason Scott
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Neko, a six-month-old red panda cub, explores the snow in Edmonton, Canada. The panda cubs were born in Edmonton but are native to the temperate boreal forest of the Himalayas. Image: AP Photo/The Canadian Press,Ian Jackson
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Baby pandas born in Canada. Any birth is celebrated massively at zoos across the world because of their endangered status. Red pandas are threatened by human activities. Their forest homes are being cut down, as is the bamboo that they feed on. They used to be hunted by local people for their skins. Image: AP Photo/CP, John Ulan
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Because they live in such a cold climate Red Pandas have thick dense fur to keep them warm. They even have fur on the soles of their feet which also stops them slipping when they are climbing wet branches. Here is a panda from Dublin Zoo, which celebrated this week for reaching the 1,000,000 visitor milestone in 2011.
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Fagan, left, the Kansas City Zoo's male red panda, shares some bamboo with Betsy in 2006. Fagan failed to fall in love with the zoo's female red panda, T'an Pai Te, so the zoo found him a new soul mate in Betsy. The Minnesota Zoo in Minneapolis traded Betsy for T'an Pai Te, and Fagan has been more than happy with his new girlfriend. Image: AP Photo/The Kansas City Star, Fred Blocher
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Mother Rusty (top) with cub Roz, on her first foray outside into the cold Scottish weather at Edinburgh Zoo. Red Pandas are the closest relative of the giant panda and are endangered in the wild in the their native region of Central Asia.
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Red pandas hang out at the Erie Zoo on opening day in Erie, Pennsylvania. Image: AP Photo/Erie Times-News, Rob Engelhardt
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Wonder who he's sticking his tongue out at? Image: guppiecat on Flickr
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Someone's got the January blues. Image: one_green_star on Flickr
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Image: Tom Raftery on Flickr
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Just as awesome in black and white. Image: guppiecat on Flickr
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He's had a good Christmas at the zoo of Zurich. Image: Tabmbako the Jaguar
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Living the American dream at the Smithsonian National Zoo's panda in Washington DC. Image: afagan on Twitter
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Oh my, so cute. Image: ksbuehler on Flickr
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No need to guess who won this staring contest.
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Chester Zoo's Red Panda enjoys the snow.
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Two red pandas at play in the Chengdu panda research base. Image: ksbuehler on Flickr

Not enough to satisfy your cute animal indulgences? Then check out these other ‘It’s Friday’ slideshows:

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of orangutans from around the world>

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of otters from around the world>

It’s Friday so here’s a slideshow of koalas from around the world>

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