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Having met the pandas at Wolong, Nigel turns his attention to some of the other creatures that share the bamboo forests. He plunges into a freezing mountain stream to wrestle with a 30-kilo, four-foot Chinese giant salamander, the largest of its kind in the world. Underwater photography shows the amphibian gobbling up fish and frogs by creating suction with its gaping mouth. The crested ibis was thought extinct until 7 birds were discovered in 1981. Now, the Crested Ibis Reserve at Yangxian is home to over 500 of them. The colourful golden snub-nose monkey is only found in China, around 10,000 of them make the high mountain forests their home. They spend the vast majority of the time in the trees, so Nigel has to use climbing ropes to get close to them. Back at Wolong, our panda Lang Lang has given birth to twin cubs. The babies only weigh 150 grams and are totally dependent on their mother. Nigel will return soon to see how the family are doing.
