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On the morning of April 16, 2013 we said our final goodbyes to the Anna and headed for the Chongquing Zoo and the home of the Giant Panda.
Gathering for our final departure from the Anna
After looking out at the length of the pontoon walkway and the
steps at the end, the porters seemed like a really good idea.
The sky was full of kites, then we found out they were selling them
Our first stop was at the
panda enclosure.
But wait, aren't pandas suppose to be black and white?
What's this red thing?
Its a Lesser or Red Panda
Also an endangered species.
Okay, this is what we came for.
The Giant Panda.
The attendants were cleaning the enclosures so we had to wait a few minutes.
When this guy came out, he headed straight for this window and tried to peer in.
We later found out that behind the window was where his food was stored.
Click here for a video of the Pandas
These are photos of several different pandas that we saw
Words cannot describe the beauty of this tiger. The tiger is the largest cat species, reaching a total body length of up to 11 ft
and weighing up to 670 lb. It is the third largest land carnivore (behind only the polar bear and the brown bear. Its
most recognizable feature is a pattern of dark vertical stripes on reddish-orange fur with a lighter underside. In zoos, tigers
have lived for 20 to 26 years, which also seems to be their longevity in the wild. They are territorial
and generally solitary but social animals, often requiring large contiguous areas of habitat that support their prey requirements.
This, coupled with the fact that they are indigenous to some of the more densely populated places on Earth, has caused significant
conflicts with humans. Tigers
once ranged widely across Asia, from Turkey in the west to the eastern coast of Russia. Over the past 100 years, they have
lost 93% of their historic range, and have been extirpated from southwest and central Asia, from the islands of Java and Bali,
and from large areas of Southeast and Eastern Asia. Today, they range from the Siberian taiga to open grasslands and tropical
mangrove swamps. The global population in the wild is estimated to number between 3,062 and 3,948 individuals, down from around
100,000 at the start of the 20th century
This is a Taiwan Blue Magpie
Nothing like a good scratch to finish off a visit. We headed to the airport for our flight to Xi An
Click on the following link to quickly fly to Xi An.
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