Giant Panda is no longer Endangered

[AfroThunder396]

There have been various different attempts at calculating the number of creatures roaming the forests, but the official estimate now puts them at 2,060 individuals, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). This means that the latest edition of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, released this week, now classes the panda as “vulnerableâ€, one step down from endangered.

This number is disputed, however, with one genetic study suggesting that the bears are actually faring much better, with as many as between 2,500 and 3,000 giant pandas in the wild.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-giant-panda-is-no-longer-considered-endangered/

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[Hurt]

Humans have gone to great extents to save a species that doesn't DO anything. It's like a species that is trying to die out but we won't let it.

 

[DyerMaker66*]

Humans have gone to great extents to save a species that doesn't DO anything. It's like a species that is trying to die out but we won't let it.

The poop fuel!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda#Western_discovery

Microbes in panda waste are being investigated for their use in creating biofuels from bamboo and other plant materials.

 

[HanSolo]

Good to hear. Love me some pandas

 

[LT]

What about the hundreds of other, not as cute species that we're killing off every day?

 

[Soundgarden]

Great news, but at the same time the Eastern Gorilla was put on the critically endangered list.