Sunday, September 21, 2014

black and white

The Giant Panda has been a symbol of the World Wildlife since its inception in 1961, partly because its colouring made a good impact on black and white printing, but also because it was an endangered species with uniquely recognizable features. The inspiration may have come from Chi Chi, the only panda living in the western world outside China at the time and a very popular attraction at the London Zoo. 
Pandas still draw a crowd of admirers at every zoo where they are on loan.

for SundayStamps where the theme this week is mammals.

9 comments:

  1. A full grown panda is big and probably not very cuddly, but they surely are attractive. Thank you for joining in today.

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    1. I'm not even sure a baby panda is really up for any cuddling. I don't really get the attraction, myself.

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  2. Another one of mother nature's magnificents!...:)JP

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    1. what's also magnificent is that they manage to procreate in captivity at all!!

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  3. Have you seen the video of the baby pandas going down the slide? That's some kind of cuteness.

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    1. yes. it's cuteness up there withy baby panda learns to walk, and the one where he sneezes!

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  4. Lovely animal. Great stamps. We have a large poufe in the form of a panda that I;m not allowed to throw away.

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  5. such cute clumsy creatures...nice to see different stamps with them

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