Panda Express

Panda sitting on platform eating bamboo, at Chengdu Panda Research Base, in China.

I am back in Chengdu, after a grueling 12-1/2 hour bus ride from Jiuzhaigou. There was construction that caused a 1-1/2 hour delay.

This morning, I visited the Chengdu Panda Research Base, where they are working on breeding Pandas to increase the population, which has fallen to 1000 animals.

Group of juvenile Pandas on platform, at Chengdu Panda Research Base, in China.

The research base has a number of enclosures that house pandas at various stages of development. The enclosures are nice and large, so the pandas are probably happy there. The size of the research base will be tripled soon, too.

They also have some Red Pandas.

Red Pandas contemplating lunch, at Chengdu Panda Research Base, in China.

Children on a school trip to see the pandas.

Group of school children lining up to enter Chengdu Panda Research Base, in China.

Which is cuter? The pandas, or the children going to see the pandas?


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