MetaFilter posts tagged with panda

Endangered Giant Panda suffers another setback after earthquake

arnicae — Mon, 26 May 2008 11:43:33 -0800

Efforts to save China's endangered giant pandas suffered another setback after the Sichuan earthquake. Less than 1600 pandas are thought to remain in the wild, with 249 pandas in breeding programs around the country. The Wolong Nature Reserve, subject of National Geographic's adorable Panda Nursery documentary and just 19 miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, was badly damaged. Five staffers were killed, and several pandas are still missing. Search teams have been sent out to locate the missing pandas, and several injured pandas have been evacuated to the nearby Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding as well as to zoos around the country. Though they now have enough water to give the pandas, local officials have said that they are short on food. "We are in urgent need of bamboos and apples." Pandas International is collecting donations for relief efforts at Wolong. The Wolong Nature Reserve was started twenty years ago with six sick or starving pandas, and has grown to be one of the larger regional centers for panda conservation. In addition to being seen on National Geographic's Panda Nursery, Wolong and Chengdu are known for using 'Panda porn' to help some of their pandas reproduce. Though most of the pandas were unharmed by the earthquake, the directors of the centers described them as being absolutely terrified and some of the baby pandas panicked, trying to climb the bars of their enclosures. Today, because of travel restrictions, the panda reserves are only getting a trickle of visitors - visitors who usually provide a large amount of their operating income. Last year, Director Zhang said, the center might receive as many as 5,000 visitors a day. Now, they often only see 20. As of right now, they have enough food left to feed the pandas for just one week.

Hark(ness), a panda!

bassjump — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 11:06:18 -0800

In 1936, the American widow Ruth Harkness became the first person to capture a living panda from the wild.

There's always plenty more where that came from!

clevershark — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:06:16 -0800

Looking for a gift for that hard-to-please environmentalist on your Xmas list? How about poop? Not just any poop, panda poop! Interestingly enough despite the relatively low number of, er, available sources this is not the first time that panda manure is being considered for commercial purposes... not even close.

Autopsy may show that Yan Yan died of an accidental overdose

phaedon — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 23:59:02 -0800

After twelve years of not getting laid, Yan Yan the Chinese panda finally kicked the bucket late Monday at the Berlin Zoo. Officials admits she died alone and nobody immediately noticed. Now the media is running with the story that the popularity of Knut the polar bear cub may be the reason behind the death of his neighbor. In other news, the European Union celebrated its 50th birthday in Berlin. Nobody noticed.

who could be?

kliuless — Sun, 02 Jul 2006 10:50:57 -0800

Against Pandas: "Pandas are endangered because they are utterly incompetent... Pandas are badly designed, undersexed, overpaid and overprotected. They went up an evolutionary cul-de-sac and it is too late to reverse."

Pandamania

madamjujujive — Sat, 24 Jun 2006 06:25:00 -0800

Panda, Inc. - National Geographic does pandas, including this surfeit of cuteness clip of Tai Shan and mom playing. Watch for panda mania to break out in the U.S. as we count down to Tai Shan's one year birthday. At 53 pounds, he is coming along nicely - see his progress in his photo album since birth. Meanwhile, in the wild, happy news that the panda population may be double what was previously thought. Yay! (via adorablog's great panda file.)

Adicolors of the Rainbow

blue_beetle — Fri, 12 May 2006 07:18:25 -0800

Black , the final entry in Adidas' Adicolor short film campaign., is seriously messed up, with a fish and a panda playing russian roulette. Also featuring Pink, Red, Blue, White, and Yellow. (via)

Painting in Miniature

justkevin — Thu, 23 Mar 2006 06:25:28 -0800

I'd like your smallest painting. No, smaller than that. Even smaller. Wait, that's too small.

Geru Geru Panic

whir — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 03:58:22 -0800

Geru Geru Panic (Gel Gel Panic) - the Japanese flash game where you must fend off attacking (wait for it) jellies. Also by the same author: about a billion more flash games featuring Panzo the panda. Note: first link is to a game with background music.

The Anti-Cute

ereshkigal45 — Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:50:40 -0800

The Anti-Cute "Oh it is mother fucking on. Round up the troops. Arm yourselves. It's time to show your loyalty to JALG and fight for once in your puny little life goddamnit. Some very popular blogs which shall remain nameless(boingboing and metafilter) have recently posted to some bullshit cute "animal" blog. I'm not going to embarass anybody here by telling you what this bullshit blog is. It's cuteoverload [previously], more like overload of bull." Compare and contrast with the ultimate in cute.