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A panda makes its way through the mountains of the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China. The picture was taken using a motion-detector camera trap. A recent study by researchers from Michigan State University followed five pandas wearing global positioning system tracking collars to better understand how the reclusive animals move through their habitat.
The five pandas—three female adults, a young female and a male—were captured, collared and tracked from 2010 to 2012 in the Wolong Nature Reserve in southwest China. Among other things, the study revealed that the pandas liked each other's company at times. Pandas are known to be loners, so researchers were surprised to find that three of the pandas in the group were located in the same part of the forest at the same time during some periods.Image credit: Michigan State University's Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability
