Giving new — and adorably cute — which means to the notion of “seeing pink,” the Santa Barbara Zoo welcomed Raj, the pink panda, into his new habitat this week. After arriving at his new house in April and performing some behind-the-scenes nesting and getting comfy in his new house. Raj is now able to see guests.
His roommate in his new habitat is Mathilda, a Burmese black mountain tortoise and an animal who lives in the same space to those that pink pandas do within the wild. Recognized for his or her placing reddish-brown fur, bushy tails, and endearing, bear-like faces, pink pandas hail from the jap Himalayas and southwestern China. Surprisingly, apart from maybe within the animated movie universe (see Kung Fu Panda, and Turning Pink) pink pandas usually are not intently associated to massive pandas and truly extra intently linked to raccoons.
“Raj has settled in nicely to his lovely new habitat,” shared Dr. Julie Barnes, the Santa Barbara Zoo’s Director of Animal Care, in a press release. “He has been busy exploring, showcasing his pure agility and curiosity. We’re delighted to supply him with a protected and enriching setting that meets all of his wants.”
In response to the Zoo, “pink pandas are endangered on account of habitat loss, with lower than 10,000 estimated left within the wild. They are often present in varied areas of China, Nepal, and northern Myanmar. The identify panda is believed to come back from the Nepali phrase ‘ponya,’ which means ‘bamboo eater,’ and in reality, pink pandas had been categorized and named earlier than big pandas.” For extra data, see sbzoo.org.
