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Our wildlife at the Wildlife Conservation Society, like this red panda, get gifts during the holiday season. Their presents are boxes filled with food treats that are wrapped in paper. The activity of “opening” their gifts enriches the animals by encouraging behaviors they would use in the wild like searching and digging for their meals.

There is nothing cuter than a happy red panda at Prospect Park Zoo!

Photo credit: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS

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Prospect Park Zoo’s red pandas are good Fall photo subjects. The panda’s russet red fur reminds me that the autumnal time of year is here. The first day of Fall is tomorrow.

Fall is among the best times to photograph at zoos. With cooler temperatures, animals can be more active and alert for engaging images in vivid colors.

Bring a telephoto lens, as red pandas like to spend much of the day on tree branches.

Photo credit: Julie Larsen Maher © WCS

 

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