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A panda lying on his back and holding bamboo in a nature reserve in China
March 16, 2021

Peaceful Panda

A captive panda enjoys some bamboo in the afternoon sun at the Wolong Nature Reserve in China. Giant pandas are endangered, and a Chinese national program raises captive-born pandas that will one day be released into nature reserves and other protected areas.
Photograph by Fritz Hoffmann, Nat Geo Image Collection

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