Wild Kratts
Red Panda Origins
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The Kratt brothers, Koki, Jimmy and Aviva discuss which family the red panda is from.
The brothers and the gang get their first up-close and personal glimpse of a red panda while the tortuga visits China. Based on its name and appearance, they all try to figure out whether the animal is most closely related to a dog, weasal bear or the raccoon. They soon discover the rare panda is in a family all its own, the family Aluridae. The red panda is the only member!
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Wild Kratts
Red Panda Origins
Clip | 2m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
The brothers and the gang get their first up-close and personal glimpse of a red panda while the tortuga visits China. Based on its name and appearance, they all try to figure out whether the animal is most closely related to a dog, weasal bear or the raccoon. They soon discover the rare panda is in a family all its own, the family Aluridae. The red panda is the only member!
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(Door opening) MARTIN: Wow, bro, you found a red panda?
Well, I didn'’’t really find her, she found me.
And then she followed me home.
AVIVA: Are you sure that'’’s a red panda?
Yeah, it'’’s a lot smaller than a panda.
Looks more like a raccoon.
Or a fox.
Or a weasel.
Or a cat.
So what family of animals is a red panda most closely related to?
Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait, I think I know this.
Ah, I got it!
AVIVA: Ahem?
Well, aren'’’t you going to tell us?
Nope.
Heh, you have to guess.
It'’’ll be more fun that way.
Hmm...
Okay, fine.
Well, I'’’m going with bear, just a small bear.
I'’’ll say the red panda is most closely related to the giant panda because they both have panda in their name.
Nope, that'’’s a trick.
Giant pandas are in the bear family.
This girl is not a bear.
Oh, I know!
Fox!
She'’’s reddish orange like a fox!
And her face is kind of doglike.
(Sneezing) MARTIN: Ha, our red panda disagrees.
She is not in the dog family.
Step aside, Jimmy.
I'’’m going with weasel, a member of the mustelid family.
Red panda totally fits in with a pine marten, a badger, and a ferret.
Ooh, nice try.
There is a lot of variation in the mustelid family, from weasels to wolverines to pine martens to otters, but the red panda doesn'’’t belong there.
What about... raccoons?
And kinkajous, and coatis?
Ah ha!
Yes, I win!
Victory!
MARTIN: A little too quick on the celebrations, bro.
Scientists used to think the red pandas belonged to this family, but not anymore.
CHRIS: Aww!
Well, what is she then?
Yeah, who'’’s the red panda most closely related to?
Yeah, who?
Okay, I'’’ll show you.
ALL: A red panda?
Yes!
A red panda is in its very own family!
It'’’s in the family Ailuridae.
It has it'’’s own special family made up of just one species: the red panda!
ALL: Wow!
Awesome!
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