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American History Hit

The Roosevelt Brothers' Panda Hunt

American History Hit

History Hit

America, History

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2025

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

In 1928, President Teddy Roosevelt's sons Teddy and Kermit set out on an expedition to hunt a semi-mythical beast: the Panda. Don's guest today to help tell the incredible story of what happened next is Nathalia Holt whose new book brings this tale to life: The Beast in the Clouds: The Roosevelt Brothers' Deadly Quest to Find the Mythical Giant Panda.


Edited by Tim Arstall, produced by Freddy Chick. The Senior Producer was Charlotte Long.


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Kermit Roosevelt arrived today from the Orient,

1:08.6

with the first complete specimen of a panda ever brought out of the jungles.

1:12.9

The huge animal, shot by Kermit and Theodore Roosevelt Jr. in the Tibetan wilderness,

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weighs 300 pounds and resembles a bear.

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