Information about pandas

Ya 'an, a famous historical city known as "landscape bonsai", is located between Chengdu Plain and Qinghai-Tibet Plateau. The Jin Jia Mountains here are the main areas where giant pandas live and breed. The highest point of Jin Jia Mountains is 5356 meters above sea level, and the lowest point is 1580 meters above sea level. It has a subtropical monsoon climate with spectacular rows of glacier canyons and ice buckets. There are large and small rivers at low altitude, and the water system is developed, mainly Qingyi River, the main stream of Dadu River. There are 429 species of wild vertebrates and about 3000 species of vascular plants, which are called "natural biological gene bank and animal and plant museum" by academic circles. Jin Jia has created the magical life of giant pandas, and it is also the place where giant pandas were discovered for the first time in modern history.

1March 869, French missionary and biologist Jean? Amanda. When David was engaged in missionary activities in Dengchigou Catholic Church in Donghe, Mu Ping, Sichuan, he happened to find a kind of black and white bear skin called "white bear" or "bamboo bear" among the villagers.

Amanda. David, a famous French biologist and naturalist, was born in Basque City in the Pyrenees in 1826, and died in Paris in1900+0/0. He was awarded an academician of the French Academy of Sciences for his outstanding contributions. From 1862 to 1874, he lived in China and preached in Beijing, Shanghai and Chengdu successively. He is also an exchange researcher at the French Museum of Natural History, and has written books such as Birds in China and Flora of David. 1865, David discovered an "interesting ruminant" in the south of Beijing, which was the elk that disappeared in China. David is a tireless scientist. He has discovered 200 kinds of mammals, but there are 63 new species.

1869 At the beginning of this year, David met a China student from Lingbao College in Muping, Sichuan. He told him that the French dean of their college had collected many animal and plant specimens locally and was going to ship them back to France. David was very excited and immediately decided to take a boat from Shanghai to Mu Ping, which is Baoxing County in Ya 'an area in western Sichuan today. 1869 In February, David walked along the ancient road of Lin Qiong, passing the Bifeng Gorge and Shangli Ancient Town in Ya 'an for 8 days, and finally climbed a densely forested mountain and came to Mu Ping. The next day, under the guidance of a local guide, he crossed Dawengling and came to a place called Dengchigou in the middle of Qionglai Mountains. Based on the experience he has accumulated from many years of field trips, David feels that this is his long-sought dream place, the home of exotic species, and the kingdom of animals and plants.

On the first 1 1 day when he came to Dengchigou, and on the first 1 1 day in March, 869, on the way up the mountain to collect specimens, David found an animal fur that he had never seen before. He wrote in his diary that day: "On the way back from afar, a man surnamed Li invited us to his home. He is the main landowner of this canyon. In this pagan home, I saw a black and white leather that I had never seen before. This individual is quite large and is a very strange animal. " The hunter told him that they would find the animal soon, and David was ecstatic. Like the guide of fate, the Frenchman instinctively realized that this might be a major discovery-because when he mentioned this animal in his diary, he used the word "famous". This word can be interpreted as "first-class" or "important" in French.

David waited anxiously for the hunter to bring back the miracle he was eager for. As this animal was unheard of, he had to give it a temporary name "White Bear". The hunters went out 12 days and brought David a little "white bear" when they came back. Originally, this "white bear" was alive, but the hunter killed it for convenience. However, whether dead or alive, as a naturalist, David felt extremely happy and satisfied to get such a precious specimen.

The fur of this "white bear" is exactly the same as the animal that David saw in Zhuangli's house, except that the limbs, ears and eyes are black, and the rest are white. This animal has a big head and a short round kiss, which is not as long as a bear's mouth. Therefore, David concluded that this is a new species of bear, and it is strange not only because of its coat color, but also because it has a lot of hair under its palm.

Another week later, David saw the second same animal brought by the hunter. Compared with the first one, their coat color is the same, but the black is not so pure and the white part is dirty. David is convinced that this new breed of bear is unique to China.

On May 4th, David finally caught a live "black and white bear". He personally directed the workers to make a big wooden cage for the "black and white bear" in the Catholic church, raise the "black and white bear" and observe and record its living habits. According to the characteristics of "black and white bear" such as body hair and hairy soles, David decided that it was a new species of bear and hoped to bring it back to France. Unfortunately, the "black and white bear" left nature and its health was affected. He died suddenly when he was transported to France. David had to make it into a specimen and write down a lot of research materials about the "black and white bear".

David had difficulty in naming this strange animal. Finally, he decided to call it "black and white bear" for the time being. He couldn't wait to write and tell his friends in Paris, especially Miller of the Paris Museum of Natural History. Edwards. In his letter, he said that he was going to send a batch of specimens back to France, which would take a long time to arrive. David demanded that his description of the black and white bear be published immediately. After David's description report was sent to Paris, it was published in the press release of the Paris Museum of Natural History.

When David's black and white bear specimen arrived in Paris, it was during the Franco-Prussian War and the Prussian army was approaching Paris, but the curious French still set off a craze for pandas. People can see a face of Zhang Yuanyuan from the hide, with round black spots around the eyes, just like wearing fashionable sunglasses, as well as exquisite black ears, black nose and black lips. This is simply the effect of makeup on the stage of drama, which is incredible! So someone asserted that this piece of fur from China is absolutely not true, and it must be forged. After carefully studying the skin and bones of this animal, Edwards denied the forgery and was convinced that it was a new species.

After analysis, Edwards corrected David's mistake in species determination, and thought that it was not a bear, but similar to the red panda found in Tibet, China in the early19th century, but with a round mouth and the characteristics of a cat. Finally, he determined its taxonomic subject and species relationship, and finally named the animal "Panda", and the name was still David.

A very interesting pun joke

Some things about pandas

A panda walks into a restaurant, sits down and orders a sandwich. He ate the sandwich, pulled out his gun, and? Shot the waiter. When the panda stood up to leave, the manager shouted, "Hey! Where are you going? You just shot my waiter and you haven't paid for the sandwich! "

The panda shouted at the manager, "Hey, man, I'm a panda! Check it! " The manager opened the dictionary and saw the following definition of panda:

A tree-dwelling marsupial native to Asia, characterized by obvious black and white. Eat? Buds and leaves. "

Unfortunately, only one joke about pandas was found on it.

The following is also sporadic information:

According to Spanish Chinese Weekly, Madrid Zoo, the home of two giant pandas, has become a hot spot, which has aroused businessmen's interest in making panda advertisements.

Recently, the giant panda-themed Internet advertisements located at the exits of some major subway stations in Madrid have attracted considerable attention. In this advertisement, a young man is talking happily with a lovely giant panda. People who pass by can't help looking at it, and it also reminds China people who pass by of their home.

How do giant pandas give birth? What methods do researchers use to help giant pandas breed? In conjunction with the National Golden Week, the newly-built "Panda Science Exploration Museum" held a trial operation on 10/day, allowing visitors to explore the mystery of the giant panda and the research conducted at the giant panda base.

"Panda Science Exploration Museum" is one of the newly-built satellite pavilions of "Panda Museum". It is located on the first floor of the new science center building, with an area of 1000 square meters.

Compared with other museums in China that aim to increase public knowledge of science and environment, the Panda Science Exploration Museum stands out. This exhibition hall has six themes: overview of panda research base, mysterious panda, love and marriage, genetic exploration of panda, cradle of life, panda and its companions. In addition, it also shows the research and achievements of reproductive laboratory, genetic laboratory, nutrition laboratory and endocrine laboratory. Among them, the exhibition areas of "natural mating and artificial insemination", "giant panda cubs", "DNA" and "giant panda hormone determination" let visitors have a deeper understanding of these magical creatures.

In order to display all these materials, the Panda Science Exploration Museum combines traditional museum display with modern technology. Pictures, real exhibits and descriptions are juxtaposed with multimedia touch screens and the latest museum science. There is also a 4 e mini cinema that continuously broadcasts scientific short films about giant panda breeding research, pregnancy, farrowing, genetic resources and endangered animals.

And considering the curiosity of tourists, many interactive projects have been prepared for the goal of "learning while playing".

For example, the interactive game "Looking for Love" allows visitors to choose a mate for a male or female panda, and then see what happens-either a happy pair leads to a healthy cub or an inappropriate pair. This game shows the importance of genetic diversity and correct gene pairing among giant pandas. Another game, "Imitate the voice of a giant panda", allows tourists to listen to the sounds made by cubs, then imitate them and compare the sounds made by tourists and cubs.

At the end of the visit, visitors can send e-cards through two touch screens connected to the Internet in an exhibition area called "Global Contact", so that they can send their greetings from giant panda bases around the world.

"Panda Science Exploration Museum" is the result of cooperation between experts from Atlanta Zoo, Main Street Design Company, Portico Group and chengdu research base of giant panda Expert Group. After two years of hard planning and seminars, the common ground of design has been reached. Finally, it is realized through the design of American street. .

Welcome to Panda Science Exploration Museum!