Red Pandas Rumored to Mimic Human Behavior, Including Language

"False Thumbs"

IMAGE BY: TIME

Red pandas love to hug trees, and they’re so good at it because they have false thumbs. They love trees – they’d do anything up there: eating, sleeping, washing themselves, sometimes even mating! Their false thumbs will let them move from a branch to another. So, even as lazy as us, they also like to do some parkour!

Now let’s see what they eat. We got a hint for you: they’re technically carnivores…

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