PANDAS IN DANGER PANDAS ARE CLOSE TO EXTINCTION BECAUSE OF HABITAT LOSS...AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE OF US. WHAT IS A PANDA? I'M PRETTY SURE WE ALL KNOW WHAT PANDAS ARE, BUT DO WE KNOW THAT THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF THEM? THE NAME "GIANT PANDA" IS SOMETIMES USED TO DISTINGUISH IT FROM THE RED PANDA , A NEIGHBORING MUSTELOID. THIS IS A RED PANDA SO WHY ARE THEY ENDANGERED? PANDAS ARE ENDANGERED DUE TO HABITAT LOSSES...AND WHY IS THAT? BECAUSE OF US.PANDAS LIVE MAINLY IN CHINA, BUT DUE TO URBANISATION, THEY ARE LOSING THEIR HOMES. THE LAST SURVEY IN 2014 ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE ONLY 1864 PANDAS LEFT IN THE WILD. AND THIS NUMBER KEEPS DROPPING. WHY DO PANDAS MATTER? PANDAS ARE IMPORTANT AND CRUCIAL TO THE ECOSYSTEM. THE GIANT PANDA AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF AN UMBRELLA SPECIES CONFERRING PROTECTION ON MANY OTHER SPECIES WHERE PANDAS LIVE. IN OTHER WORDS, WHEN WE PROTECT PANDAS, WE INVARIABLY PROTECT OTHER ANIMALS THAT LIVE AROUND THEM, S...