COMPLETE - Red Panda Rangers Badge

This Saturday (9/16/17) is International Red Panda Day. So our troop is looking at the activities at the Red Panda Ranger Webpage and figuring out what kind of reward we can get for doing all of their stuff. We also have a Red Panda Activity Book to do.

Fill out this questionnaire:

1. What is your name and address? If you have an e-mail address, feel free to write that down, too!
 - My name is Paul. I'm one of the alters of Meronym. I'll put our address and email on the email where I send my stuff to turn in.

2. How did you first learn about red pandas? (your teacher, a friend, a book?)
- I think the first time I saw a red panda was at the Nashville Zoo. I thought they looked like real-life stuffed animals!

3. Now let’s test your red panda knowledge. Can you name one country where red pandas are found in the wild?
- Nepal, India, China, Myanmar, and Bhutan

4. Why are red pandas the “original” pandas (instead of giant pandas)?
- Because people described them decades before ever describing the giant panda, in 1821.

5. What is a Nepalese name for red pandas, and what does it mean?
- 'Nigalya poonya' means 'eater of bamboo'.

6. Why are red pandas sometimes called “firefoxes?”
- They are approximately fox-sized, but colored red and orange, like a fire.

7. How does a red panda’s red fur help them hide from predators?
- From above, their red fur is the same color as some moss in their environment, but from below, the dark fur makes them harder to spot.

8. Do red pandas have claws?
- They have semi-retractable claws that are very sharp.

9. Red pandas and giant pandas are both famous for eating a particular plant. In the wild, a red panda can eat up to 200,000 of this plant’s leaves every day. What plant is it?
- They eat a lot of bamboo. Red pandas also eat insects and eggs and fruit.

10. Are red pandas more closely related to giant pandas or raccoons?
- Not very closely; they are their own separate family.

Your task

Draw a picture of the best place for red panda to live.

Your Task

Find 5 websites with information on red pandas. On a sheet of paper write out the following 3 things about the five websites: the name, web address, and a comment or description what you found there.

WEBSITE 1:
1. Website name: Red Panda Network
2. Website address: www.redpandanetwork.org
3. Comment: Great information on and pictures of red pandas

WEBSITE 2:
1. Website name: Wikipedia
2. Website address: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_panda
3. Comment: lots of info about the two subspecies, red panda behavior, diet, threats, and taxonomic history

WEBSITE 3:
1. Website name: Facebook post by the red pandas' keeper at the Nashville Zoo
2. Website address: https://www.facebook.com/nashvillezoo/posts/10155403196130622
3. Comment: Pictures of Mei Mei and her twin cubs

WEBSITE 4:
1. Website name: The Red Panda Trust
2. Website address: https://www.redpandatrust.org/about-red-pandas
3. Comment: Conservation centre to breed, rehab, and release red pandas

WEBSITE 5:
1. Website name: Lincoln Park Patch
2. Website address: https://patch.com/illinois/lincolnpark/lincoln-park-zoo-introduces-red-panda-cubs
3. Comment: article about red panda cubs in Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo

Your Task

Tell us where the five mountains you’re climbing are found. Why do you think these mountains were used in our Ranger program?

- These mountains are part of the Himalayan mountain range, where the red pandas live. They are five of the six highest mountains in the world.

Congratulations! You have reached the last mountain before becoming the highest ranking Red Panda Ranger!

Your Task

Talk to 10 people about red pandas. Have them sign our sponsor form telling us that you talked to them.

I decided to not do Level 5 because it would mean giving other peoples' information out that they may not want given out. But I've talked to a bunch of people about red pandas - Boss, our daughters, and other Little Scouts.

At our Little Scouts meeting, we decided to take this step a little differently by posting Red Panda Facts online in our group so that we've all thus talked to one another about red pandas!



I have sent all of the above information in to info@redpandanetwork.org - I'll look forward to getting my certificate and paper badges for it. And then hopefully I'll get a patch for my Little Scouts sash too! Meanwhile, I'm working on the activity book and another coloring page - I'll put those on my post for Red Pandas generally.

I got the badges and certificate in an email. I've posted the badge images at each step, and here's my certificate!