Red Panda (Facts You Didn't Know)

Red pandas are incredibly cute and adorable but their cuteness is not the only thing they are known for. Hence here are 7 red panda facts that's gonna blow your mind. But before we get started let me introduce you to this channel where you'll find plenty of interesting animal videos of different species and we upload three times a week so hit that subscribe button to not miss out on any of the content only uploaded here at amazing animals life. Alright 7 incredible red panda facts. Number 1. Red pandas aren't pandas. Despite their name red pandas aren't actually closely related to giant pandas. Instead they are from the genetic perspective more related to skunks and raccoons. But they were given the name pandas as they got that name first. Roughly 50 years before the black and white variety did. Number 2. They are vegetarian carnivores. Wait what? I know that might sound like an oxymoron but carnivore in this case doesn't mean meat eater. Yep it's true as they are descended from carnivores ancestors but barely eat anything more than bamboos and a few insects. Hence they are classified as vegetarian carnivores. Number 3. Sweet tooth. Speaking of diet red pandas like fake sugar. In a 2009 study in the journal of heredity researchers presented bowls of plain water, naturally sweetened water or artificially sweetened water. They discovered that red pandas prefer three artificial sugars neotame, sucralose and aspartame. That makes them the only non-primitive species known to be able to taste aspartame. An ability previously thought unique to old world monkeys, apes and humans. Number 4. Ability to camouflage. Red pandas red and black color does actually camouflage them from their predators. The red on their back is exactly the same color as moss found on trees where they live. The black on their stomachs make it difficult to see them from below. Number 5. Their tail is also a blanket and a pillow. When it gets really cold red pandas go into what is called tropper. They wrap their tails around themselves and go into deep sleep reducing their metabolic demands and lowering both their core temperature and respiration rate. Number 6. Red pandas tweet. They don't tweet in 140 characters like you or I do but they do tweet. Actually to be accurate the sound they make is known as tweetering. Here have a listen. Number 7. They're slightly bigger than a domestic cat. Yep it might sound surprising but they are actually that small. Although their tails add as much as 18 inches to their length they are pretty tiny. Hope you all this video. New videos every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Hit that subscribe button to stay tuned.