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The '''giant panda''', or '''panda bear''', is a large black and white mammal native to central-western and southwestern [[China]], today classified as a member of the [[bear]] family (''Ursidae''),<ref>[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/classification/classification.htm Giant Panda classification]</ref> though its unusual unbearlike features and habits for a long period consigned it to its own family (the ''Ailuridae'').

The '''giant panda''', or '''panda bear''', is a large black and white mammal native to central-western and southwestern [[China]], today classified as a member of the [[bear]] family (''Ursidae''),<ref>[http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandasForKids/classification/classification.htm Giant Panda classification]</ref> though its unusual unbearlike features and habits for a long period consigned it to its own family (the ''Ailuridae'').

The giant panda has a diet which is 98% [[bamboo]], with other foods including [[fish]], [[honey]] and [[yam]]s. The giant panda is an [[endangered]] animal, with an estimated 3,000 pandas alive in the wild, though intensive conservation efforts have been made by the Chinese.

The giant panda has a diet which is 98% [[bamboo]], with other foods including [[fish]], [[honey]] and [[yam]]s. The giant panda is a vulnerable animal (formerly [[endangered]] as of 2016), with an estimated 3,000 pandas alive in the wild, though intensive conservation efforts have been made by the Chinese.

[[Theory of evolution|Evolutionists]] such as [[Stephen Jay Gould]] have tried to claim that the panda's thumb, which is a modified seamoid bone, is evidence of evolution. Gould claimed that an actual [[God|Intelligent Designer]] would have made the panda's thumb the same as the human thumb. But all this shows is variation, not [[Theory of evolution|evolution]], possibly occurring in the panda. This argument also assumes that the Designer would want to design the panda the same way He designed the human. This assumption depends on revelation or hubristic assumptions about the nature of God.<ref>Woodmorappe, John, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1679 Panda thumbs its nose at the dysteleological arguments of the atheist Stephen Jay Gould], ''Journal of Creation'' 13(1):45–48, April 1999.</ref>

[[Theory of evolution|Evolutionists]] such as [[Stephen Jay Gould]] have tried to claim that the panda's thumb, which is a modified seamoid bone, is evidence of evolution. Gould claimed that an actual [[God|Intelligent Designer]] would have made the panda's thumb the same as the human thumb. But all this shows is variation, not [[Theory of evolution|evolution]], possibly occurring in the panda. This argument also assumes that the Designer would want to design the panda the same way He designed the human. This assumption depends on revelation or hubristic assumptions about the nature of God.<ref>Woodmorappe, John, [http://creationontheweb.com/content/view/1679 Panda thumbs its nose at the dysteleological arguments of the atheist Stephen Jay Gould], ''Journal of Creation'' 13(1):45–48, April 1999.</ref>

Pandas are quite popular in culture, despite their low population. Below are some examples:

Pandas are quite popular in culture, despite their low population. Below are some examples:

In the movie Kung Fu Panda and its two sequels, Po, the protagonist, is a panda.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/</ref>

In the movie Kung Fu Panda and its two sequels, Po, the protagonist, is a panda.<ref>https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0441773/</ref> The two sequels after the first focus on Po's history with the other pandas, especially reuniting with his biological father and the rest of the village in ''Kung Fu Panda 3''.

The fourth expansion of World of Warcraft, Mists of Pandaria, has a race called the Pandaren, which are modeled after Pandas.<ref>http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/</ref>

The fourth expansion of World of Warcraft - Mists of Pandaria - has a race called the Pandaren, which are modeled after Pandas.<ref>http://us.battle.net/wow/en/game/mists-of-pandaria/</ref>

 

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