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The Goliath frog uses its powerful back legs to escape from attackers. It can jump three metres (10 feet) in a single hop. That's the length of a car.


Plight of giant panda begins to improve


Plight of giant panda begins to improve
The third nationwide survey of giant pandas carried out in China has revealed that there are now more pandas living in one of their main habitat areas. There has been a growth in numbers of pandas in the Wolong Nature Reserve in the southwest Sichuan province. The giant panda is one of the world’s most endangered species. They used to be wide-spread throughout southern and eastern China and north Vietnam but today there are only about 1,000 left in the wild.
4 JULY 2000
The Globe and Mail
4 JULY 2000

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