the panda is saved

I needed anime to post. · September 2016

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37272718

The official status of the much-loved animal has been changed from "endangered" to "vulnerable" because of a population rebound in China.
The change was announced as part of an update to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List.
But the update also brought bad news. The eastern gorilla, the world's largest primate, is now endangered.
Efforts by China, which claims the giant panda as its national animal, have brought its numbers back from the brink. The latest estimates show a population of 1,864 adults.

soon we can eat that delicious panda meat

DaMoonRulz · September 2016

Soon, Panda Express will be deliciously literal.

Blake T · September 2016

I do not know who this harambee fellow is.

Dark Raven X · September 2016

There's less than 2000 pandas in the world? And how many of them are pure distilled red pandas?

DouglasDanger · September 2016

Blake T wrote: »

I do not know who this harambee fellow is.

Are you kidding me!

Blake T · September 2016

I like see him as a meme.

I don't know who he is.

Sorce · September 2016

Harambe.

Turambar · September 2016

Giant Pandas are useless

Platy · September 2016

DouglasDanger wrote: »

Blake T wrote: »

I do not know who this harambee fellow is.

Are you kidding me!

Not everyone follows random stuff which happens in the US

Gvzbgul · September 2016

I :heartbeat: Harambees.

A Dabble Of Thelonius · September 2016

A panda in every pot!

Blake T · September 2016

I dunno if I want to click a link.

Today that feels like a lot of effort.

I needed anime to post. · September 2016

harambe is that gorilla they shot because a kid fell into the enclosure

BlankZoe · September 2016

Blake T wrote: »

I dunno if I want to click a link.

Today that feels like a lot of effort.

Less effort than making this post did

I needed anime to post. · September 2016

actually it's pretty easy to take a dump blank

Prohass · September 2016

It's kind of ironic that China is also largely responsible for so many endangered animals being hunted to near extinction because of the demand for their products to be used in traditional Chinese medicine

smof · September 2016

Turambar wrote: »

Giant Pandas are useless

Pot, meet kettle

Veldrin · September 2016

Blake do you like hot butts

If you like hot butts you should click that link

Dark Raven X · September 2016

dang kids and their may-mays.

The Geek · September 2016

A Dabble Of Thelonius wrote: »

A panda in every pot!

A gorilla in every garage.

Bad-Beat · September 2016

This thread is just Panda-ing to wildlife conservationists.

Turambar · September 2016

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

Turambar wrote: »

Giant Pandas are useless

Pot, meet kettle

Kettles can be very useful

DaMoonRulz · September 2016

Bad-Beat wrote: »

This thread is just Panda-ing to wildlife conservationists.

Bambooooooooo

Tommy2Hands · September 2016

i know this thread was suppsed to cheer people up but I am sad now because harambe

Tommy2Hands · September 2016

I kind of wish people would stop bringing it up its like have i not mourned enough for you people

Blake T · September 2016

Oh I knew about that Ape. I just never learned his name.

Tommy2Hands · September 2016

blake i am crying

Clint Eastwood · September 2016

Harambes heroes

DaMoonRulz · September 2016

I prefer Harem Bees

OmnipotentBagel · September 2016

I really like how the Internet has yet again turned a shitty real-world event into an annoying fucking joke.

sarukun · September 2016

OmnipotentBagel wrote: »

I really like how the Internet has yet again turned a shitty real-world event into an annoying fucking joke.

People make jokes.

This is mostly fine.

smof · September 2016

Hooray, the panda has been saved!

But the rebound could be short-lived, the IUCN warned. Climate change is predicted to wipe out more than one-third of the panda's bamboo habitat in the next 80 years.

"And thus panda population is projected to decline, reversing the gains made during the last two decades," the report said.

Oh yeah, I forgot, there's no good news because everything is fucked forever.

Bluedude152 · September 2016

Its a shame they shot harambe with that bazooka

Also how the hell is 1800 pandas not engadered levels

Speed Racer · September 2016

Bluedude152 wrote: »

Its a shame they shot harambe with that bazooka

Also how the hell is 1800 pandas not engadered levels

I would assume it's a function of what population capacity their natural habitat can sustain as well as how large their natural habitat currently is compared to historical levels

If pandas live in bamboo forests and bamboo forests are relatively a naturally rare habitat then there you go

smof · September 2016

Bluedude152 wrote: »

Its a shame they shot harambe with that bazooka

Also how the hell is 1800 pandas not engadered levels

A species is considered endangered if it's at risk of becoming extinct in all or a significant amount of its range. 1800 animals is enough for a sustainable population if the areas are preserved correctly. Conversely the gorillas that have just been classed as endangered number around 5000, but are probably considered endangered because unsustainable hunting and habitat loss is making them decline and putting them at risk of extinction.

Speed Racer · September 2016

Brovid Hasselsmof wrote: »

Bluedude152 wrote: »

Its a shame they shot harambe with that bazooka

Also how the hell is 1800 pandas not engadered levels

A species is considered endangered if it's at risk of becoming extinct in all or a significant amount of its range. 1800 animals is enough for a sustainable population if the areas are preserved correctly. Conversely the gorillas that have just been classed as endangered number around 5000, but are probably considered endangered because unsustainable hunting and habitat loss is making them decline and putting them at risk of extinction.

Oh yeah population trends would be a big part of it too huh