VIDEO: Births of red panda cubs important step
There are two new red pandas at the Greater Vancouver Zoo, and they are part of a much larger effort to help preserve and enhance this endangered species of mammal.Theirs are the first known births of red panda cubs in B.C., said Menita Prasad, deputy general manager and director of animal care at the zoo.Head-to-body length ranges from 51 to 63.5 centimetres, , with tails ranging from 28 to 48.5 cm . They weigh between 3.2 and 15 kg .
They have curved, retractable claws and a thumb-like bone that helps them grip leaves, fruit, and narrow tree branches.Red pandas typically live solitary lives. Red pandas are crepuscular, which means they are most active at dawn and dusk. On average, they spend about 45 per cent of the day awake.At Assiniboine Park Zoo in Manitoba, a little red panda cub was born on June 28, 2014. He came to be known as Arun.
Red pandas usually breed from January through March, when the days start to get longer. Babies are born in the late spring. Zoo staff pre-emptively built three nest boxes for Sakura and placed them in different areas of the enclosure. In January, she started pulling material into these boxes. This was followed by signs of obvious mating behaviours.
Keeper interaction is kept to a minimum to allow her to raise her cubs as naturally as possible, Prasad explained.A visual health check takes place daily, and there are regular weigh-ins. The cubs will soon be out and about in their enclosure, and will start getting really active when they start to eat solid food at three months old.
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