• 22-year-old Ling Ling was the oldest panda in Japan at the time of his death in April 2008?

Facts on topics related to Panda

Giant Panda

• the rare bowmouth guitarfish (pictured) has been called "the panda of the aquatic world"?

Red Panda

• the Mill Mountain Zoo is host to three endangered species: the Red Panda, Snow Leopard and White-naped Crane?

Opossum

• the opossum genus Cryptonanus received its name because it was hidden in synonymy for so long?
• the fate of an opossum in the Parks and Recreation episode "The Possum" has been described as an allegory for capital punishment?

Koala

• koalas eat the leaves of the eucalyptus tree known as the Red Mahogany?
• Sam the koala rose to fame when a video of her rescue from the 2009 Victorian bushfires was distributed across the internet?
• a field study found that koalas prefer the blue-leaved stringybark (pictured) but only when it grows on shale-based soils?
• the name of the koala derives from the word gula in Dharuk and other Yuin-Kuric languages?