By Cindy and Harry

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Where do Giant Pandas live?

Giant pandas lived in lowland areas of China and other parts of Asia.

Now they live in a few mountain ranges in central China, in Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces.

Description of a Giant Panda

• Black circles surround the pandas’ eyes. • They have a black nose, black ears, black legs,

and black fore arms. • Its tummy, its back, and its face is white. • Sometimes their eyes can open up really big like

when they see a predator

What Do Giant Pandas eat?What Do Giant Pandas eat? A giant panda’s diet is 99% bamboo,

especially the shoots, stems, and leaves. A giant panda needs to consume a lot

amount of food- from 20 pounds to 40 pounds a day- to get its nutrients.

They spend 16 hours a day eating. Giant Pandas are herbivores!

How Do Giant Pandas Get How Do Giant Pandas Get its Food?its Food?

First, they climb on First, they climb on the bamboo.the bamboo.

Then they sit down, Then they sit down, just like how just like how humans do!humans do!

Giant pandas use Giant pandas use their paws to grasp their paws to grasp the bamboo as the bamboo as they eat.they eat.

Weight of a Giant Panda

• At birth, a panda weighs 100 to 200 grams (4 to 8 pounds).

Females can weigh up to 125 kilos(275 pounds). • Males can weigh up to 150 kilos (330 pounds)

Typical Size of a Giant Typical Size of a Giant PandaPanda

A giant panda cub measures 15 to 17 centimeters A giant panda cub measures 15 to 17 centimeters (6 to 6.7 inches long). (6 to 6.7 inches long).

(Males are 10 to 20 percent larger than females). (Males are 10 to 20 percent larger than females).

(Adults measure around 1.5 meters long and (Adults measure around 1.5 meters long and around 75 centimeters tall at their shoulders). around 75 centimeters tall at their shoulders).

Color of a Giant PandaColor of a Giant Panda

• At birth , pandas are red or pink with a little black. At birth , pandas are red or pink with a little black.

• As they grow, a panda’s fur turns black and white. As they grow, a panda’s fur turns black and white.

Why are Giant Pandas become Endangered?

• Trees in China Mountains and forests are being cut down!

• Male pandas cannot find female pandas to mate with because towns are in the way, so fewer cubs are being born.

• Now Endangered Species Act (ESA) is working to protect them.

How We are Helping the Giant How We are Helping the Giant PandaPanda

• They want to get the fur from the panda for clothing. They want to get the fur from the panda for clothing. • People are creating projects usually in partnerships with zoos to People are creating projects usually in partnerships with zoos to

protect the giant panda protect the giant panda • People are being prevented from killing the panda. People are being prevented from killing the panda. • Zoos are raising funds for panda research and preservation. Zoos are raising funds for panda research and preservation. • People are also setting up preserves for the giant pandas to live in. People are also setting up preserves for the giant pandas to live in. • In China, they can now move from one preserve to another without In China, they can now move from one preserve to another without

anything bad happening to them . anything bad happening to them . • The Chinese government is also researching on how to manipulate The Chinese government is also researching on how to manipulate

bamboo to be sturdier bamboo to be sturdier

Adaptations which help a Giant Adaptations which help a Giant Panda SurvivePanda Survive

• Pandas have big and sharp teeth Pandas have big and sharp teeth to bite through bamboo to bite through bamboo

• Their paws help them climb trees Their paws help them climb trees

Adaptations which help a Adaptations which help a Giant Panda Survive Giant Panda Survive