Saturday, June 16, 2007

Pandas - do they really exist?


I don't think I have ever seen a Giant Panda in real life, so I am not entirely convinced they are real. It would not surprise me to learn that they were genetically engineered in the 1930s in a campaign to produce the cutest possible animal.

More Panda action here

I have seen Red Pandas down in Fota Wildlife Park, but I think the jury is out on whether they are actually relatives of the Giant Panda. They seem to be a lot fiercer.

4 comments:

  1. I really need broadband.

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  2. I think red pandas are related to racoons or so a sign in Dublin Zoo claims.

    Ian, get broadband.

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  3. Their taxonomic status is uncertain, but like Giant Pandas they have a false thumb.

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