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Animals
Red Panda
Did You Know?
Like the Giant Panda, the Red Panda has a "false thumb"—an extended wrist bone used to grip bamboo while eating. Despite their name, they are not closely related to the Giant Panda; they simply evolved similar traits because they share the same high-altitude bamboo forest habitat. Interestingly, they were discovered and named "Panda" about 50 years before the Giant Panda was even known to the Western world!