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  • 3
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    2011
    10:16am, EST

    Panda costumes help researchers reintroduce pandas to the wild

    By Mish Whalen

    Wildlife researchers in China's Sichuan province have been putting on panda costumes to prevent captive-born pandas from identifying with humans when trying to reintroduce captive-bred Giant Pandas back into the wild. See a story here. 

    We photoblogged this before but I just had to post more. The expression on the panda's face, in the first photo, is priceless.

    China Photos / Getty Images

    Feeders dressed as giant pandas give a physical examination to a giant panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on February 3, 2011 in Wolong Nature Reserve, Aba Tibetan and Qiang Autonomous Prefecture of Sichuan Province, China.

    China Photos / Getty Images Contributor

    Feeders dressed as giant pandas give a physical examination to a giant panda at the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda on Feb. 3, 2011 in Wolong Nature Reserve.

    China Photos / Getty Images Contributor

    Feeders dressed as giant pandas prepare to give a physical examination for a giant panda.

    5 comments

    Also, I'm reminded of Teenage Mutant Ninja Pandas.

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  • 11
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    2010
    9:29am, EST

    Jason Lee / Reuters

    Giant pandas play at Chimelong Giant Panda Center in Guangzhou Xiangjiang Safari Park, Guangdong province November 11, 2010. Six 2009-born giant pandas left their home in southwest China's Sichuan Province for Guangzhou to add cheer to November's Asian Games, Xinhua News Agency reported.

    Happy pandas

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    great picture! these giant panda's are really amazing creatures. Jermaine Naidoo Hay Kay Photography jermaine@haykay.co.za www.haykay.co.za

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