The Secret World of Pandas

by Gao Xueyu and Byron Preiss

Describes the evolution, physical characteristics, habitat, behavior, life cycle, and range of the giant panda, discusses what threatens it with extinction, and describes efforts to prevent it. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810924579
• ISBN13: 9780810924574
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: ABRAMS
• Length: 80 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 16.1" x 11.5"

Customer Reviews

Best Giant Pandas in the Wild Photography Book sofar

Stunningly Beautiful Photos of giant pandas in their natural environment. In addition, to photos of pandas along streams, in the snow, climbing trees, with their young, or eating bamboo, there are also rare time sequenced photos of a giant panda leaping/jumping in the wild (p40,41,62,63). There are also some very cute photos of baby giant pandas (p46-55,69). Of particular note are the essays by Dr. Hu Jinchu who is a professor of biology and director of The Rare Animals Research Institute of Nanchong Teacher's College, the director of the China Wildlife Conservation Association, and the co-author of the scientifically ground breaking book "The Giant Pandas of Wolong" with George B. Schaller, et al. Understandably, the conservation information is dated, for example when the book was publish it listed only 12 giant panda reserves ( now there are 33 nature reserves where there are giant pandas ). The only real complaint that I would have is that some photos are split between two pages - I would have preferred to not have any of these photos split in two.