The Life of a Red Panda

[Mattis]

Nice shots! The last one is adorable!

Thank you! Yeah, I'm happy about that last one as well. Could be sharper, but she is just so adorable and happy in it^^ They moved her food closer to us that day during feeding time, somehow that got her really excited! She is a little shy but generally pretty curious about what's going on around her.

Beautiful creature I like them from first sight in Central Park Zoo, NY

They really are beautiful critters. But they are still hunters, you should see her when small birds come into her enclosure! She doesn't actually catch them but it does get her really excited.
They did give her a dead chick once though and she completely tore it apart.

Here's another one:
Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

And this one is now the title image of the Facebook group of the Red Panda Network, a charity organization to preserve red pandas:
Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr
Red Panda Network - San Francisco CA - Environmental Conservation Charity Organization Facebook

 

[Mattis]

Some new ones:

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

 

[annamaria]

Really enjoying these critter shots. Keep em coming.

 

[Mattis]

Haven't posted here in a while. Got some new ones!

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

 

[goooner]

Great shots, as always. I saw one of your shots on the Firefox homepage a couple of weeks ago (here in Germany). Way to goooo!

 

[Mattis]

Yeah, they used the shot in post #31 I was pretty excited when I found out about it!

 

[Mattis]

Red pandas just look amazing in fall! The background works so well with their fur!

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

This was about 1 and 1/3 of a stop underexposed because the awful lighting messed with my exposure. I'm still happy about what the D7000 can do

 

[jcdeboever]

Don't see those in Detroit. Thanks for sharing.

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[Mattis]

Don't see those in Detroit. Thanks for sharing.

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Well, I only see them at zoos as well But they are very common in German zoos, no idea how common they are in American zoos.

Here's another one:

Adorable laziness by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

Fully enjoying her weekend

 

[Mattis]

They look so beautiful with all the colorful leaves in the background!

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

 

[Mattis]

Who could say no to this adorable face?
Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

 

[snowbear117 48]

Adorable Laziness nominated for November POTM

We have a couple of Red Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, DC but one keeps getting out of the enclosure and was exiled to the zoo's research center in rural Virginia.

 

[Mattis]

Adorable Laziness nominated for November POTM

We have a couple of Red Pandas at the National Zoo in Washington, DC but one keeps getting out of the enclosure and was exiled to the zoo's research center in rural Virginia.

Oh wow, thank you!
Red pandas are known to be escape artists. Last week one escaped from a zoo in the Netherlands as well.

 

[Mattis]

Another one of her, looking all epic. And cute.

Red Panda by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr

 

[Mattis]

Being as lazy as possible is an integral part of the life of a red panda.

Taking a break by Mathias Appel, auf Flickr