If the two Red Pandas at the Central Park Zoo in New York City were famous actors, they would be Ernie and Bert from Sesame Street. The Red Panda that would be Bert is the lighter colored one. He just looks like a Bert. So naturally the other one is Ernie.
The one that is Ernie is darker (Ernie is darker on Sesame Street but that is just a coincidence). Someone must have bitten of Ernie's tail. His tail is regular (red and bushy like a raccoon's) on the top. The middle of his tail has no fur and the end of his tail has a round puffball. On the show Bert is perfect and sensible. Ernie is a little crazy, always doing these things that gets messed-up looking. Bert is practical.
Everyone studying the Red Panda agrees that the animals look like Ernie and Bert.
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