The Zoo in China's Sichuan Province has some very peculiar pandas. In fact, they're not pandas at all. According to The Telegraph.com, scientists are working to help a panda cub to grow and be ready to take on life in the wild. How do they do it? They dress in panda suits whenever they need to enter the animal's cage.
Past attempts of releasing pandas into the wild have not been subject to profound success. For example, in 2006, a panda named Xiang Xiang was released into the wild only to be found dead 10 months later. The body seemed to be killed by other wild pandas, conversationalists blame this on the fact that the animal experienced human contact-which is why this strategy with the costumes is being used.
The number of pandas in the wild is fewer than 2,500, and their environment has decreased by 50% in the last twenty years. Breeding and re-introduction like this is essential to the specie's survival.
Past attempts of releasing pandas into the wild have not been subject to profound success. For example, in 2006, a panda named Xiang Xiang was released into the wild only to be found dead 10 months later. The body seemed to be killed by other wild pandas, conversationalists blame this on the fact that the animal experienced human contact-which is why this strategy with the costumes is being used.
The number of pandas in the wild is fewer than 2,500, and their environment has decreased by 50% in the last twenty years. Breeding and re-introduction like this is essential to the specie's survival.
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