Giant Pandas

Giant pandas inspire affection and instant recognition with their distinctive white faces and black ears and eye patches. These extraordinary animals spend 16 hours a day sitting up and pushing bamboo canes into their mouths using an extra thumb to help. Meet China's national treasure, pictured in a natural, protected mountain habitat where we have the chance to follow on photographer Heather Angel's shoulder as she reveals pandas as we have never seen them: playing in the snow, a mother with baby, leading their lives, apparently oblivious of one another.Angel, Heather is the author of 'Giant Pandas ', published 2007 under ISBN 9781901268133 and ISBN 1901268136.