China Daily recently posted pictures of the red pandas in Dujiangyan on its Twitter account, attracting many foreign friends.

What does it have to do with pandas?

What does it eat?

Is this a little raccoon?

A series of questions about red pandas have aroused heated discussion among foreign netizens. Today, I will answer them for you.

Little Panda, also known as Red Panda or Firefox, is a small arboreal mammal that lives in the temperate forests at the foot of the Himalayas, and can be found in southwestern China, Nepal, Myanmar and other places.

Red pandas are not related to giant pandas. The giant panda is a "bear", and the red panda, after genetic analysis, is most similar to the raccoon in the Americas, is an independent "little panda" family.

However, although red panda is not the younger brother of giant panda, they are the same taste, childhood friends - they both come from Sichuan, like the same food: bamboo.

Like giant pandas, red pandas have evolved to choose bamboo as their food. But bamboo is low in calories, so sometimes it will eat fruit, eggs or birds or insects. They are not completely herbivorous, but they mostly eat grass.

Guess!Which is the red panda?

When it comes to the red panda, many people confuse it with a baby raccoon. Here I must emphasize again and again: red pandas are not little raccoons!!

Red pandas and raccoons are very easy to distinguish. Just look at the color. Red panda is red, the body is bright reddish-brown, and only the legs are swarthy black; Raccoons are grey, with only black, white and grey fur.

Dujiangyan, home to Dujiangyan China Giant Panda Park and Dujiangyan Panda Valley, is an ideal place to have close contact with red pandas. Dujiangyan Panda Valley opened an area of 34 mu of red panda ecological stocking area.

More than 20 red pandas live in this free range area, with lush native vegetation and full range management. Friends walk through the living area of red pandas on the upstream footpath, where they can see red pandas perched, playing and foraging everywhere.

More than 20 red pandas live in this free range area, with lush native vegetation and full range management. Friends walk through the living area of red pandas on the upstream footpath, where they can see red pandas perched, playing and foraging everywhere.

In this area, the red pandas are quite relaxed, and from time to time they will walk on the footpath and interact with the tourists, which will definitely melt your heart.