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It's not every day you see over a thousand of pandas settling down at a theatre.

But don't panic, the giant black and white bears aren't rising up and becoming a more cultural animal, it's all part of an art exhibition in Taiwan.

Artist Paulo Grangeon designed and created the 1,600 pandas out of papier mache.

But this isn't just an arts and crafts show - there is a serious motive behind it all.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) set up the Pandas on Tour exhibition back in 2008 as a way of highlighting the need to act to save the endangered species.

Grangeon made 1,600 of the recycled paper creations after being asked by the WWF - one for every remaining panda estimated to be left in the world.

Especially for the Taiwan exhibition, the pandas are joined by 200 Formosan black bears, and a single green tree frog.