Giant Panda Mothers with Babies

by Sun Chuanzhe

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Giant Panda Mothers with Babies

Artist

Sun Chuanzhe

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Painting - Watercolor On Watercolor Paper

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Unlike true bears, these gentle giants are not capable of building up fat reserves to last them during hibernation. Thus, Giant Pandas are active all year long, feeding much of the time. The only known species of carnivore to have become a vegetarian, these animals use their powerful jaws and strong teeth to pulverize the bamboo that forms their diet. Fortunately this creature's thick throat lining protects it from injury when swallowing sharp plant splinters. Possessing long wrist bones that act almost like sixth digits, Pandas are well equipped to clutch bamboo stalks and leaves in their paws. When eating, these creatures assume a sitting position with hind legs outstretched. Pandas also dine on their backs, their furry black legs up in the air, relishing each meal in total comfort. Unfortunately, shortages of the Panda's treasured bamboo can occur. Though these plants flower infrequently, when they do bloom, the stalks soon die and several years pass before the new seedlings are large enough to be eaten. Because the Panda's diet includes little else, some animals are faced with the threat of starvation. Since the 1970s, when it was realized that the Giant Panda could eventually become extinct if its main food source did in fact die-off one day, Chinese conservationists and members of the World Wildlife Fund have worked to protect this treasured creature.

Celebrated Chinese artist Sun Chuanzhe (1915-1995) was born in Ningbo City, Zhejiang, in China. Sun is known as "the first person who designed stamps in the People’s Republic of China". During more than 40 years of stamp design work, he designed or participated in the design of 153 sets of stamps, including "Founding of the People's Republic of China", "Mei Lanfang Stage Art", "Ancient Chinese Scientists", "Huangshan Landscape", "Goldfish", “Panda", and "Golden Monkey”. Of the 30 stamp sets selected in 1980 as the best stamps since the founding of the People's Republic of China, 11 sets were designed by Sun Chuanzhe.

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March 27th, 2022

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