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The Panda Baby

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Web Sites

San Diego Zoo: Panda Central
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandas/pandacam/index.html
Get to know Hua Mei's home, and learn about pandas too!

Giant Pandas at the National Zoo
http://natzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/
Meet Mei Xiang and Tian Tian, America's newest pandas.

Pandas
http://animal.discovery.com/fansites/jeffcorwin/carnival/bearcave/panda.html
Animal Planet provides background information and links.

Animal Diversity Web: Giant Panda
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/accounts/
ailuropoda/a._melanoleuca$narrative.html

A fact sheet from the University of Michigan.

Zoo Atlanta
http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_panda_cam.htm
Another panda hotspot. The site features a panda cam and more.

World Wildlife Fund: Giant Pandas
http://archive.panda.org/species/panda/
Extensive information about this most endangered animal.


Books

Catton, C. PANDAS. New York: Facts On File Publications, 1990.

Laidler, K. PANDAS: GIANTS OF THE BAMBOO FOREST. London: BBC Books, 1992.

Presnall, J. THE GIANT PANDA. New York: Lucent Books, 1998.

Schaller, George B. THE LAST PANDA. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1993.

Tracqui, V. THE PANDA: WILD ABOUT BAMBOO. San Francisco: Charlesbridge Publishing, 1999.



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