Giant panda in 1936: Su Lin / Harkness
[33] [giant-panda-1-33] Did the 2016 downlist mean the crisis ended? VU is better than EN. Fragmented habitat, bamboo die-off cycles a A specimen label at a natural history museum records where and when, not which animal is more valuable. For Giant panda, write 1936, “Su Lin / Harkness,” and 2016, and leave league tables off the card. The Sichuan earthquake killed staff and animals and wrecked the
Did the 2016 downlist mean the crisis ended? VU is better than EN. Fragmented habitat, bamboo die-off cycles and a still-small wild number keep the species in a watch band, not a recovered one like koi or many owls. The 1961 logo drew on Chi-Chi at London Zoo -- a high-contrast animal that printed well. The brand and the wild census later had to share one face.
Ling-Ling and Hsing-Hsing at the National Zoo made panda diplomacy a Cold War soft-power tool that China still uses as loans, not gifts. 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.
The order on the card is year, line, figure. Giant panda is not sorted by how much visitors like the photo.1936
Figures to keep
- Year of the note
- 1936
- Figure to keep
- 2016
- Species
- Giant panda
- Line in the log
- Su Lin / Harkness
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