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National Geographic : 1982 Jan
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Photographed by Jean-Paul Ferrero Giant Panda: Genus: Ailuropoda Species: melanoleuca Adult weight: Male--up to 136kg;female-approximately113kg Adult length of head and body: 152-183cm Habitat: Mountainforests in centralChina w am f , can befound Surviving number: Estimated 1,000 in the wild J P Wildlife as Canon sees it: A photographic heritage for all generations. When a work of creation is gone, there is no way to bring it back. The giant panda, one of the world's most loved animals, is in danger of vanishing forever from the face of the earth. And while photography can record this universally popular animal for poster ity, it can also actually help save it and the rest of wildlife. Photography is the most convenient and useful means of gathering the scientific information needed for saving the panda. It is especially im portant in this case. The panda is exceptionally difficult to study in the wild. It is unusually rare, and it leads a very solitary and seclusive existence. It is also largely through photography that people have come to know and love the panda. Most people have seen pandas only in photographs. But a photograph has that extraordinary ability to communicate, and a photograph of a panda certainly contributes to our better understanding of not only the panda but nature itself. And understanding is perhaps the single most important factor in saving the giant panda and all of wildlife. Canon Images for all time
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