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The Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding is located in southwestern China’s Sichuan Province. It is the world’s famous giant panda ex situ conservation base, scientific research and breeding base, public education base and educational tourism base, working on the protection and breeding of endangered wild animals that are unique to China, including giant pandas and red pandas.
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Applying landscaping to imitate natural conditions, the Base has set up many well-distributed buildings and areas for giant pandas, including the delivery room, feeding area, scientific research center, hospital, and giant panda “luxury” houses that are scattered among the mountain forests. Giant pandas at different ages, young and old, breed and grow here in bliss.
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The Base was created on behalf of six sick and hungry giant pandas that were rescued in the 1980s. It has never captured any wild giant pandas, and the number of existing giant pandas has hit 215 (as of December 2020) due to technological innovation.
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In addition to giant pandas, the Base also has the world's largest artificial breeding population of captive red pandas. At present, the number of red pandas in the Base has reached 163 (data in 2021).
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As a companion animal of giant pandas, red pandas have similar behavioral characteristics and eating habits to giant pandas. They have strong climbing ability but cannot jump. They eat bamboo leaves and bamboo shoots, but they cannot eat bamboo poles as freely as giant pandas.
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After admiring the lovely giant pandas and red pandas in the Base and strolling along the lush bamboo forests, you arrive at Swan Lake, a famous scenic spot in the Giant Panda Base. Click and drag to enjoy the beautiful scenery and see black swans dancing in the lake.
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Finally, the Giant Panda Museum inside the Base is a good place to learn about the survival statuses of rare animals including giant pandas, and better understand the importance of protecting the environment and biodiversity.
The information was obtained from the website of the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding.
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