Dr. Brandie Smith — In the Company of Pandas: My Life with the World's Favorite Bear — at Conn Ave

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Spend time in the company of giant pandas with this delightful collection of stories and first person insights about their behavior, biology, and conservation from panda expert Dr. Brandie Smith, director of the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and Conservation Biology Institute. What is it about giant pandas that makes them nearly impossible to resist? Brandie Smith, director of the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, DC, and a true expert in giant pandas, gives readers a front row seat to these miracles of nature, these bamboo devouring carnivores, describing what it’s like to feed them, train them, cherish them, and help them survive. Pandas, like people, have strong individual personalities, quirks, habits, likes, and dislikes. Through Smith’s eyes, we get to meet se…

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