In the Company of Pandas
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Panda expert Brandie Smith , director of the Smithsonian's National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute, offers an insider's look at giant pandas, highlighting their unique personalities, behaviors, and care. She shares experiences raising pandas, dispels common myths, and explains their unusual biology and reproduction. Smith also explores the challenges pandas face from habitat loss and climate change, and details conservation efforts to protect the species and support their survival.