ENDANGERED GIANT PANDA

BY: SHERMENA PANNELL

Description black-and-white coat Adults measure around 1.5 meters (5 ft)

long and around 75 centimeters (2 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulder

Males can weigh up to 150 kilograms (330 lb). Females are 10-20% smaller than males

The body’s of a panda are shaped like typical bears from around here

Description Cont.Molar teeth

Giant Panda has large molar teeth, and strong jaw muscles for crushing tough bamboo

Molars are the rearmost and most complicated kind of tooth in most mammals. In many mammals they grind food; hence the Latin name mola, “millstone".

Adult humans have twelve molars, in four groups of three at the back of the mouth. The third rearmost molar in each group is called a wisdom tooth

Questions & Answers*What caused pandas  to be endangered?

*global warming and the destruction of their habitat by the forest industry.*How many giant pandas exist today?*they are only found in some parts of china only about 1,600 giant pandas remain in the wild. Approximately 200 live in captivity in zoos or wildlife preserves.

*When were Giant Pandas added to the endangered species?* in the 1980s

Where are Giant Pandas mostly found?* Giant pandas need to live in cooler areas of the world. They mainly thrive in the rain forests where plenty of bamboo is available for the pandas to eat. They are still considered an endangered species.

What Pandas Eat Pandas eat a very specialized diet, and it

is mainly bamboo! To stay healthy, they need to eat 14 hours a day, and they need to eat a lot - about 40 pounds of bamboo every day!

Other than bamboo they eat very little fish and small mammals when they find them

Most of the bamboo the pandas eat is grown on a farm in southern Maryland.

Interesting facts about pandas People can't tell if a baby panda is a girl or a boy for four

years. If all the bamboo is covered in snow the pandas will eat

little mice or uncovered leaves. Pandas are pink when they are born. If the mother panda has two babies she can only take

care of one baby. If the pandas don't have any bamboo to eat they will die. There are now five giant pandas on exhibit in the United States:

two at the San Diego Zoo, one at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C., and two at Zoo Atlanta.

Facts that only few people know

The name of a male is referred to as a boar or he-bear

The name of a female is referred to as a sow or she-bear

The Chinese revere the Panda which they call "large bear-cat.“

Ailuropoda melanoleuca (Giant Panda Bear) Ailurus fulgens (Red Panda, or Lesser

Panda)

Vocal Pandas Pandas make a sound similar to the

sound a lamb or a goat kid would make. It's a friendly sound, a greeting. They don't roar, the way you think of a brown bear roaring. They sometimes huff, bark, or growl, and young cubs croak and squeal.

How did pandas get its colors Scientists aren't exactly sure. One theory

is that pandas developed the contrasting black and white colors over time so they would stand out in the forest and be able to find each other to mate

Each panda’s markings are slightly different from one another. There is also a rare brown and white variation of the giant panda

Other facts about giant pandas Life span: about 14 to 20 years in the

wild; up to 30 in managed care average panda "pregnancy" is about

135 days At birth they have one or two baby

pandas

Work Cited http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes

/t-giant_panda.html http://

link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid6716708001?bctid=6165588001

http://nationalzoo.si.edu/Animals/GiantPandas/PandaFacts/default.cfm

http://www.bensonassoc.com/pct/ppics.html