The red panda is a shy and solitary little animal which basically means that they live isolated from other beings of the same species. The exception is when it is around summer and autumn for it is mating season for the red panda. The male red panda attracts a female by growling. If two males find the same female, they will start fighting. They will jump on each other and bite while rolling around. They're pretty fierce for cute little fluffkins if I do say so myself.
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Male red pandas fighting
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They winning male red panda will get to mate with the female. The pregnant mother will make a nest with things like brushwood, grass and leaves in a hollow tree or rock crevice. After 110 to 160 days of pregnancy the red panda mother while give birth to one to four deaf and blind adorable cubs! At first the tired mother will spend around 60% to 90% of her time with her little cubs, though the male red panda father do not have anything interest in their young and will rarely take care for them, but usually they become solitary creatures once more. However, for the female red panda mother, a week later she has given birth she will leave the nest and come and go to feed and clean the tiny beings. At 18 days of age, the cute red panda cubs will open their eyes! But at 90 days of age the cubs will have glamorous red fur and aware old enough to start venturing outside their nests. Until the next litter of tiny grey cubs are born, they stay with their mother and then it is time to run free in the wild...
Just-born red panda cubs
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Young red panda cub
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Mother picking up her baby
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Female red panda and her two twins
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