Here is some interesting popular culture reference to red panda:
- The name of the Firefox web browser is said to have been derived from a nickname of the red panda.
- Red panda was featured as Master Shifu, the Kung Fu teacher, in the 2008 film Kung Fu Panda, and its sequels Kung Fu Panda 2 in 2011 and Kung Fu Panda 3 in 2016.
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- "Laloo, the Red Panda" is a popular children book about a red panda cub's adventures in India. Laloo the Red Panda is an interactive, coming of age tale about a red panda cub on a journey of self discovery in India. The book is available both is physical and digital format.
- The online article "Red Panda" (href=http://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/r/red-panda/) by National Geographic contain several interesting facts about red panda.
Despite having similar names, red panda looks almost nothing like its much larger black-and-white counterpart, the giant panda. This should not be surprising because red panda and giant panda are not even remotely related. Red panda belongs to Auluridae family, while giant panda belongs to Ursidae family.
POP CULTURE REFERENCE
Pop Culture Ref (documentary):
Cherub of the Mist is a documentary film based on the life of two red pandas, namely, Mini and Sweety, who were released into the Singalila National Park in the Darjeeling District, India.
The documentary was filmed by Naresh Bedi and Rajesh Bedi over about 14 months. It was the first time that someone had filmed the rare red pandas in their natural habitat. Red pandas are found in Nepal, through North-eastern India and Bhutan, and into China and are listed in the Red Data Book. Their population is estimated to be around 2,400.
