Red Panda Feeding Time is a photograph by Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite which was uploaded on September 15th, 2012.
Red Panda Feeding Time
This photo is taken in Washington, DC zoo.... more
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Red Panda Feeding Time
Artist
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite
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Description
This photo is taken in Washington, DC zoo.
According to the article in Wikipedia, They eat mostly bamboo, and may eat small mammals, birds, eggs, blossoms, and berries. In captivity, they were observed to eat birds, blossoms, acer and morus leaves, bark and the fruits of acer, beech and morus.
Like the Giant Panda, they cannot digest cellulose, so they must consume a large volume of bamboo to survive. Their diet consists of about two-thirds bamboo, but they also eat mushrooms, roots, acorns, lichen, and grasses. Occasionally, they supplement their diet with fish and insects.
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September 15th, 2012
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Comments (10)
Ausra Paulauskaite
This image was submitted to the contest "Thanks Giving Pandas" (http://fineartamerica.com/contests/thanks-giving-pandas.html?tab=overview). FAA members are still welcome to join!
Ausra Paulauskaite
Thanks for a feature in your group "Anything and Everything Photography", Michael.
Margaret Saheed
Ausra, great expression. Does he or she have bamboo also?
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
Thanks Margaret. I think they fed them fruit or vegetables.
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
But bamboo is their main food, just like for giant pandas.