We had some really great threads last year, with the following four nominated for the Thread of the Year award in this January's Environment Site Awards ceremony.
Wildlife and Biodiversity ForumIn the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.
- John Sawhill, The Nature Conservancy
Ensuring the survival of your species is a lot of pressure to put on a first date. But that's the stark reality facing China's endangered wild pandas, say the experts who are building the first bamboo-filled "dating and mating lane."
Pandas are an evolutionary dead end. Reproductive issues aside, we are talking about an animal that almost exclusively eats bamboo...yet is unable to properly digest bamboo in a manner that provides substantial nutrition. Humans encroaching on Panda habitats wouldn't be so much of a problem if they ate meat like carnivores are supposed to. Instead they have to eat ridiculous amounts of bamboo just to stay alive. Gotta say they're up against it.
When I was a wee girl (many moons ago) my very first teddy was a panda-bear! I had it till I was in my 30s, when the current dog decided to chew it to bits.
Panda sex isn't black and white
Enjoyed that!
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