Giant panda in 2008: Wenchuan earthquake
[227] [desk-giant-panda-1] The Sichuan earthquake killed staff and animals and wrecked the breeding centre. Rebuilding became a national A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Giant panda, write 2008, “Wenchuan earthquake,” and 2016, and leave league tables off the card. A narrow diet and a narrow map. High culture, mid resilienc
The Sichuan earthquake killed staff and animals and wrecked the breeding centre. Rebuilding became a national reconstruction exhibit. An American who took Su Lin out of China in 1936 -- a living-export story that predates modern loan contracts. Is captive breeding the wild recovery?
Captive numbers rose. Wild recovery needs corridors (the national park idea) more than more cubs on camera. No. Ailurus is a different family. This atlas type is the giant panda only. Giant panda is one of 24 types in this animals atlas. The pages treat it as a full system -- history, anatomy, operating principles, culture, icons, future pressure and market shape -- not a ranking of a best species.
Scores compare the giant panda with the other 23 types on speed, intelligence, range, resilience, cultural impact and ecological role. They are relative editorial marks. Resilience high means more secure; low means threatened. Vulnerable after a 2016 downlist from Endangered; wild numbers remain a few thousand in fragmented Sichuan-Shaanxi-Gansu belts.
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Giant panda is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.2008
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 2008
- Figure to keep
- 2016
- Species
- Giant panda
- Line in the log
- Wenchuan earthquake
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