Comments on: Giant Panda Habitat Lost http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/2009/07/28/giant-panda-habitat-lost/ Amazing Animal Photos, Videos, and News Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:23:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Richard D http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/2009/07/28/giant-panda-habitat-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Richard D Sat, 01 Aug 2009 21:59:36 +0000 http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/?p=719#comment-1081 See my video of a giant panda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9aaD4FYnro and leave me a comment please :) Thanks. See my video of a giant panda: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9aaD4FYnro and leave me a comment please :) Thanks.

]]> By: Lynn Highland http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/2009/07/28/giant-panda-habitat-lost/comment-page-1/#comment-1034 Lynn Highland Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:02:37 +0000 http://www.animalfactguide.com/blog/?p=719#comment-1034 Dear CNN: The article on the reduction of Panda habitat as a result of the Sichuan earthquake did not mention that the reason the forests were denuded of vegetation was due to massive LANDSLIDES, triggered by the earthquake. I visited the area in July 2008, shortly after the earthquake and observed that many of the mountain slopes in the area had experienced landslides that took down entire swaths of vegetation. Lynn Highland National Landslide Information Center U.S. Geological Survey Dear CNN: The article on the reduction of Panda habitat as a result of the
Sichuan earthquake did not mention that the reason the forests were denuded of vegetation was due to massive LANDSLIDES, triggered by the earthquake.

I visited the area in July 2008, shortly after the earthquake and observed that many of the mountain slopes in the area had experienced landslides that took down entire swaths of vegetation.

Lynn Highland
National Landslide Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey

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