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Giant Pandas at South China’s Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou

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If you visit the Chimelong Safari Park, don’t miss the pandas. Asia’s largest wildlife park houses the largest number of giant pandas in captivity in the... 20.02.2013, Sputnik International

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Giant Pandas at South China’s Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou

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If you visit the Chimelong Safari Park, don’t miss the pandas. Asia’s largest wildlife park houses the largest number of giant pandas in captivity in the world.

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If you visit the Chimelong Safari Park, don’t miss the pandas. Asia’s largest wildlife park houses the largest number of giant pandas in captivity in the world.

© RIA Novosti . Aleksandr KovalevThe park is home to 13 giant pandas. The staff claims the animals are rarely photographed while they are awake: few European photographers have been as lucky as RIA Novosti correspondent Alexander Kovalyov.

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The park is home to 13 giant pandas. The staff claims the animals are rarely photographed while they are awake: few European photographers have been as lucky as RIA Novosti correspondent Alexander Kovalyov.

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In the wild, giant pandas, which are also related to raccoons, live in the mountainous regions in central China – the Szechuan province and Tibet.

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Giant pandas can stand on their stumpy hind legs, but they still walk on all four paws. They can also trot clumsily, but get tired quickly.

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Pandas are excellent climbers and will climb trees to get food or get some rest.

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Giant pandas are adored for their resemblance to teddy bears. The animals are almost exclusively vegetarian, feeding mainly on bamboo.

© RIA Novosti . Aleksandr KovalevThe “giant cat bear,” as the animal is called in China, may reach 1.5 meters (five feet) in length (not counting the rather long tail), and can weigh as much as 160 kilograms (352 pounds).

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The “giant cat bear,” as the animal is called in China, may reach 1.5 meters (five feet) in length (not counting the rather long tail), and can weigh as much as 160 kilograms (352 pounds).

© RIA Novosti . Aleksandr KovalevPandas are “well armed:” their stumpy hind legs have claws. The front paws have an extra “thumb” and five toes, which help to manipulate thin bamboo shoots when they eat.

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Pandas are “well armed:” their stumpy hind legs have claws. The front paws have an extra “thumb” and five toes, which help to manipulate thin bamboo shoots when they eat.

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An adult giant panda consumes up to 30 kilograms (66 pounds) of bamboo a day. On certain occasions it may eat eggs, small birds, rodents, and even insects.

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Only 30 giant pandas now live in captivity outside China, including in Austria, Australia, Spain, the United States, Thailand and Japan.