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1. Red pandas use their long, bushy tails to balance when they're roaming around in trees.
2. They have thumbs, but they don't work. They're actually just extensions of the wrist bone.
3. Red pandas are loners, preferring to travel alone rather than in pairs or in a pack.
4. They sleep all day, party all night.
5. Their tail doubles as a wraparound blanket on cold days.
6. Red pandas are around the size of a household cat.
7. Red pandas are able to have cubs when they're only one year old.
8. They spend most of their time in trees, straight chilling.
9. Female red pandas only have to be pregnant for around four months before giving birth.
10. They really confuse scientists.
11. They make nests.
12. Red pandas are also known as 'lesser pandas'. Rude.
13. People also call red pandas 'red cat bears.'
14. Red pandas live in super cool places, like Nepal, northern Myanmar, and China.
15. The red panda is the mascot of the Darjeeling international festivals.
16. Male red pandas fight by standing on their hind legs and boxing.
17. A group of red pandas is called a 'sleuth'.
18. They're graceful in trees, but totally clumsy on the ground.
19. They're pretty easy-going when it comes to food.
20. Their front legs are angled inwards, so their walk is more like a waddle.
21. A female red panda can eat around 200,000 bamboo leaves in one day.
22. Red pandas are completely, utterly, ridiculously adorable.
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