happy new year!

been out of the loop, been busy with the holidays, it's a new year...
so im back!!

updates soon, i hope...hahaha ;p

meanwhile here are the latest addition to the growing obsession ^-^

pandamonium

I've checked my friendster and viewed some profiles and saw this:

Goodness! I'm wanting that uber cute panda! But it is heartbreaking to know that this photo was taken in the UK. Ang layo!! Hehehe...as if naman maa-afford ko siya diba? *sigh* Then a former classmate popped me in YM and her photo was of a panda too. Yayyyy...so cute!

It happens that she was also into these cuddly cuteness. She asked me where did I get my collection of panda stuffed toys. I've got some you know. *wink* Then I remembered the photo above so I shared it to her. She agreed that it was indeed a great find. Sana parang DV lang ang UK di ba? wahhhhhh...Now, my obsessions to these furry creatures has awaken again. I've googled images, stores, stuffed toys, blogs, articles and news clippings until my cravings was satisfied. Haha...I'm addicted. So aside from these, did you know that a female panda ovulates just once a year? and there were only about 1,600 living in the world? That is why preservation efforts are being done in China where some are bred in captivity. While reading those stuffs and looking at the pictures makes me want to spend a day on those shelters, feeding, cuddling and playing with them. That would be a real high.

Isn't that cute or what? o_0

panda bear bear

been blog hoppin'...saw this...bulaga! =)

did u know:

1. There are as few as 1,600 pandas left in the wild.
2. The giant panda has the largest molar teeth of any of the carnivores.
3. Although classed as a carnivore, the panda's diet consists almost exclusively of bamboo and it usually spends 14 hours a day eating.
4. Pandas stand on their head and forelegs to place scent high up on tree trunks.
5. The forepaws of the panda have an extra "thumb" which, when used in conjunction with its "forefingers," enables the panda to grasp even small bamboo shoots with precision.
6. The panda does not hibernate because it cannot store enough fat on a bamboo diet.
7. Pandas usually roam in the forest, but mothers will stay in caves or hollow trees when giving birth and remain there for three to four months after their babies are born.
8. The giant panda was unknown in the Western world until 1869, when a skin was found by Pére David, a French missionary.
9. Pandas are good at climbing trees. They can also swim.
10. Pandas like to live alone and will not often meet other pandas unless they get together during the mating season.
11. A day-old panda looks rather like a small white rat and weighs about 3.5 ounces, about 1/900 of the mother's body weight.
12. A female panda only comes into season for 72 hours a year.
13. Pandas can live for about 20 years in the wild.
14. Female pandas can start to give birth at 4-5 years old. A female can have 5-8 babies in the wild.
15. Pandas have occurred on earth for over 3 million years. They are called "living fossils" because many species that survived together with pandas in the past, such as stegodon (a big tusked elephant) and Chinese rhinos, are extinct already.
16. It is very difficult to see a panda in the wild because they live in thick bamboo, mostly in old-growth forests - their favorite habitat.
17. There are many other rare animals living in the same habitat with pandas, such as red pandas, takins and golden monkeys.

~~from WWF.org

Endangered species na sila kaya go Adopt a Panda! Punta kayo dito. =) really want one ayat!!!