Red Panda

 Red   Panda. 

Red pandas live in high-altitude temperate forests with bamboo under stories in the Himalayas and high mountains. A red panda’s eating habitat may include up to 40 species of bamboo, but the animals select only one or two of the most nutritious species to eat. While giant pandas bite off large chunks of bamboo stems and leaves in one bite, red pandas daintily nibble one well-chosen leaf at a time. Red pandas live mostly in cool, temperate forests with a shrubby under story dominated by thick bamboo. They prefer habitats with plenty of fallen logs, tree stumps, and freshwater. They are also found in suitable habitats in Nepal, India and Tibet. When night falls, red pandas run quickly through the trees to forage for food. Males patrol their territory and scent mark it with urine as well as a secretion from the anal gland during this time. 

There are a couple of ways the red panda protects itself quite an interesting but also what you’d expect for a red panda defence mechanism.When threatened, red pandas will usually try to escape first. They use their sharp claws on their front paws to climb trees. Walking and running on the ground is not in their comfort zone.The red panda uses its claws to climb trees and use their claws for fighting. The red panda also uses its teeth for crushing bamboo and to defend itself against its predator's snow leopard and the marten.he red panda uses special sounds in case it is being threatened, The sound is huffing and quacking.The front teeth are sharp daggers that can easily cut flesh. Believed to be a former carnivore, the red panda's mouth is an excellent defence mechanism should the need arise.

The red panda is a beautiful animal with extraordinary features, as you already guess, yes they are red but they surprisingly look nothing like pandas.Red pandas measure in at just larger than a domestic cat, making them much smaller than the famous giant pandas. Red pandas have large round heads and short snouts with large, pointed ears. Their cinnamon red coat, occasionally saddled with orange or yellow, and soft cream-coloured face mask give great camouflage among the red moss and white lichen that cover the tree trunks of their bamboo forest homes. although their faces are mostly white with reddish 'tear tracks' extending from their eyes to the corner of their mouths. These pandas typically grow to the size of a house cat.

 With   a   tiny   face   and   dark   brown   eyes   the   red   pandas   live   among  us   some   in   trees   some   in zoos   and   some   in   the   unknown   we  need   to   respect   the   animals   not   just   red   pandas   but every:  animal/creature   out   there.