The beaches along the half-moon of Monterey Bay afford sublime opportunities to watch wildlife, take photographs or merely inhale the bracing ocean air.Coastal fog and wind are common, with average monthly temperatures ranging from the mid-40s to the low 70s.
What are the different types of pandas? The giant panda can attain a height of 4 to 6 feet. It lives in the forests of southwest China, and its diet consists largely of bamboo. The red panda is about 42 inches long, including its tail, and is found in southwest China and in the eastern Himalayas. While it relies on bamboo for most of its sustenance, it also dines on berries, insects and bird eggs. Both types of pandas are endangered.
Every decade or so since the 1970s, China has had a go at counting pandas. The first census, conducted between 1974 and 1977, alighted on a figure of 1050 to 1100 pandas. The second survey, carried out between 1985 and 1988 with input from WWF, came up with 1,120 plus or minus 240.