# @natgeo on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CMfW5vlD_c4
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/11685485-natgeo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/thumbnails/ab033d3e1c.jpg
- **Posted:** 2021-03-16T18:38:47.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** National Geographic (@NatGeo) — https://gondola.cc/NatGeo

## Caption

Photos by amivitale / Happy National Panda Day! These are from a story I had the privilege of working on with the China Conservation and Research Center for the Giant Panda in Sichuan Province, China. That's me, on assignment in full panda camouflage. This journey turned out to be one of the most unimaginable explorations I've ever had. The keepers wear a panda suit so that any bear that might be released into the wild does not have human contact. By breeding and releasing pandas, augmenting existing populations, and protecting habitat, China is on its way to successfully saving their most famous ambassador, and in the process, putting the wild back into an icon. (Portrait of Ami by Robin Cox.) My book, Panda Love, features my long-term work on these adorable ambassadors made on assignment for natgeo. See more on my feed amivitale. thephotosociety #panda #pandas #babypanda #pandamonium #china

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china, pandamonium, pandas, babypanda, panda

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