Post by Claret & Blue Army on Dec 1, 2004 23:44:08 GMT 1
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All about Pandas
Ananova:
Tokyo police hunt killer disguised as panda
Tokyo police are hunting a killer who disguises himself as a panda.
Student Mayumi Ogawa, 19, was stabbed to death by an attacker wearing a panda's head costume in Sumida Park.
Hours earlier another young woman escaped from a man wearing the same disguise after he lunged at her with a knife.
Police say several witnesses saw the man wearing the costume in the Asakusa district in the days leading up to the killing.
Officers have recovered a blood-stained knife in bushes close to the murder scene, the Mainichi Daily News reports.
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Panda handstand makes its mark
The panda goes high to put down its scent
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Remarkable new film of wild pandas shows how the rare bears engage in some gymnastics to mark their territory.
Pandas can adopt four distinct postures to deposit scent, with probably the strangest being the handstand.
The bear goes upside down on its front paws with the aim of pushing its urine as high up a tree trunk as possible.
The amazing pictures were taken in the Quingling mountain range of north-west China, and will be shown on BBC One's Bears - Spy In The Woods programme.
It is said to be the first time wild pandas have been filmed in this activity.
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All about Pandas
Ananova:
Tokyo police hunt killer disguised as panda
Tokyo police are hunting a killer who disguises himself as a panda.
Student Mayumi Ogawa, 19, was stabbed to death by an attacker wearing a panda's head costume in Sumida Park.
Hours earlier another young woman escaped from a man wearing the same disguise after he lunged at her with a knife.
Police say several witnesses saw the man wearing the costume in the Asakusa district in the days leading up to the killing.
Officers have recovered a blood-stained knife in bushes close to the murder scene, the Mainichi Daily News reports.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/04/sci_nat_enl_1101403895/html/1.stm
Panda handstand makes its mark
The panda goes high to put down its scent
Enlarge Image
Remarkable new film of wild pandas shows how the rare bears engage in some gymnastics to mark their territory.
Pandas can adopt four distinct postures to deposit scent, with probably the strangest being the handstand.
The bear goes upside down on its front paws with the aim of pushing its urine as high up a tree trunk as possible.
The amazing pictures were taken in the Quingling mountain range of north-west China, and will be shown on BBC One's Bears - Spy In The Woods programme.
It is said to be the first time wild pandas have been filmed in this activity.
All sizes
