Natural World - Season 12 Episode 8 Pandas of the Sleeping Dragon
Filmed in the nature reserves of the mixed bamboo forests of the Sleeping Dragon Mountains in Sichuan province, central China. Focuses on the predicament of the giant panda and on the lessser-known red panda. The giant panda's digestive system is more suited to meat eating yet, because it feeds almost exclusively on bamboo, which has a low nutritional value, the animal must feed virtually around the clock to survive. Other animals that live in the forests include parrot bills, bamboo rats, golden monkeys, tufted deer, wild dogs, golden pheasants and the takin - a distant relative of the musk ox. The giant salamander, known as the water dragon, the world's largest amphibian is also to be found in the area.
Year: 2020
Genre: Documentary
Country: United Kingdom, France
Studio: BBC Two
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Cast: David Attenborough, John Hannah, Juliet Stevenson
Crew: Brian Jackman (Writer), Andrew Graham-Brown (Director), Mike Birkhead (Director)
First Air Date: Oct 30, 1983
Last Air date: Mar 20, 2020
Season: 39 Season
Episode: 543 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 24.00 users
Popularity: 78.952
Language: English
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