Giant PandaBy: Sebastian Chavez

Mr. Buchmann

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Facts 5 ft. standing erect Females slighty smaller Up to 265 lb. females weigh less Usually single cub Solitary Mainly bamboo, supplemented by berries, fruit, flowers, fungi, grasses,

bark, and occasionally small animals Name is taken from the animal now known as the cat-bear Cat-bear is also known as the red panda

Range of Panda Distribution: Southwestern China, notably the Qionglai, Daxiangling,

Xiaoxionging, and Liang Mountains in Sichuan Province; also the Min Mountains and Qinling Range in Shaanxi Province

Conservation: threatened with extinction, from an estimated 1,000 in 1983, the numbers have dropped to 300 following die-back of forest

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Habits Solitary animals Spend 2/3 of their day eating, 1/3 resting Extremely agile climbers Climb only when they are in danger from predators Live down on ground wherever Live in cold, damp conditions

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Special Adaptations

Uses its carnassials teeth to slice through bamboo shoots Forepaws of the panda have an extra thumb Use their extra thumb in conjunction with its fore fingers Enables the panda to grasp even small bamboo shoots with precision Paws are broad and have long retractable claws

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Panda & Humans

Panda’s most threat was the human Where hunted for pelt Decline is the erosion of its habits due to drop cultivation from natural

causes

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Food

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Works cited Fact note card that you gave me