Natural World Explored

Why There Are Two Pandas


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ey friends! Today Ben explores two animals with the same name, we find

out that there are more than one type of thumb and meet a few critters
that are unexpectedly related to these animals.
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Credits

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Intro Music by Aakash Gandhi
Audio Editing by Wojciech B.
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Study of mammalian mitochondrial genomes for todays game:
Hassanin, A.; Veron, G.; Ropiquet, A.; van Vuuren, B. J.; Lécu, A.;
Goodman, S. M.; Haider, J.; Nguyen, T. T. (2021). "Evolutionary history
of Carnivora (Mammalia, Laurasiatheria) inferred from mitochondrial
genomes"

Other papers:

Groves, C. (2021). "The taxonomy and phylogeny of Ailurus". In Glatston,
A. R. (ed.). Red Panda: Biology and Conservation of the First Panda
(Second ed.). London: Academic Press. pp. 95–117. ISBN 978-0-12-823753-3
O'Brien, S.J.; Nash, W.G.; Wildt, D.E.; Bush, M.E. & Benveniste,
R.E. (1985). "A molecular solution to the riddle of the giant panda's
phylogeny". Nature. 317 (6033): 140–144. Bibcode:1985Natur.317..140O.
doi:10.1038/317140a0. PMID 4033795. S2CID 4352629
Photos used:
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, E.; Cuvier, F. (1824) Histoire naturelle des
mammifères : avec des figures originales, coloriées, dessinées
d'aprèsdes animaux vivans
https://archive.org/details/HistoirenaturelVGeof/page/LII/mode/2up
Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda (2008) Image URL:
https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/kungfupanda/images/2/25/Vlcsnap2011040213h54m20.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1920?cb=20130323171021
Sounds used:
Red Panda Sound Effect | Ailurus fulgens (2020)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsqNWQtB1ac&ab_channel=77%E9%9F%B3%E6%95%88
Videos used:
Red Panda Scared by Big Piece of Rock - Red Panda goes Crazy - Crazy -
Crazy -Crazy !! (2017)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI6ULnKkHus&ab_channel=BESTFUNNYVIDEOEVER-BFVE
Pandas trying to make themselves extinct - Funny fails compilation
(2016)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qf-IQyL7qPE&ab_channel=AnimalShorts
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