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Physical Charactersitics Life Cycle Growth & Changes Body Functions Pregnancy & Birth Habitat Adaptions Problems Active Diet Relationships Reliatives extra fact thing other They will way up to 276 pounds and males wheighing 10% to 20% more than females. Under the giant panda's white fur, their skin is black and under the white fur there is pink skin. Adult Pandas grow to be about 5-6 feet high. The Panda is a large mammal which is about the same size as a Black Bear. Until recently, scientists thought giant pandas spent most of their lives alone, with males and females meeting only during the breeding season. Recent studies paint a different picture, in which small groups of pandas share a large territory and sometimes meet outside the breeding season.[citation needed] There are only about one thousand giant pandas left in western China. : Giant pandas do not breed well in captivity. There are currently about 110-120 giant pandas in captivity with the majority of those in China. With few other enimies other than people the lifespan of a wild Panda is about 25 years or more. Giant pandas live in south western China. They have the most restricted distribution of all bears. Pandas can't go without food for 5-6 hours. Pandas are basically solitary, although neighboring males and female are likely to be familiar with each other and interact occasionally. Males have large territories that overlap the smaller territories of several females. the red panda is one of the closes relatives to the panda bear. The Chinese call the panda bear "Big Bear Cat." Giant Panda mommies are 900 times bigger than their newborn cubs. Like most subtropical mammals, but unlike most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate. The giant panda's teeth are approximately 7 times bigger than human's teeth. Why They Are Endangered: Humans are quickly using the Giant Panda's natural environment to build cities and roads leaving the Pandas little space to live. After a male and female panda mates, the female panda gives birth. If the mother gives birth to twins, she picks one and abandons the other for it to die in the mountains. Giant pandas live in the mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. In North America only two zoos, San Diego and the National Zoo in Washington, currently have Giant pandas but AZA is hoping to contribute to captive breeding through the development of a North American satellite population. Why They Are Endangered: Humans are quickly using the Giant Panda's natural environment to build cities and roads leaving the Pandas little space to live. They are solitary except for mothers with cubs and during the mating season. Giant pandas occupy territories of 3.9-6.4 square km (male ranges are larger than females), which is much smaller than most other bears. Male territories overlap those of females. they live In the mountains of Southwest China. What can adult panda bears weigh? 250 pounds Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur Recent DNA analysis indicates that giant pandas are more closely related to bears and red pandas are more closely related to raccoons. Accordingly, giant pandas are categorized in the bear family while red pandas are categorized in the raccoon family. . Even at only one year of age, the giant panda is already climbing large trees. Cubs are weaned at around 9 months but may remain with their mothers until 18 months or older. The giant panda is a small black and white bear with an infantile appearance brought about by its shortened muzzle and large black fur eye patches. Most of its torso and head are white with a black saddle across its back, black fore and hind limbs and black ears. Although adult Pandas can weigh 250 pounds, newborn Pandas weigh no more than a stick of butter. Pandas become sexually mature at between 4 and 6 years of age. Females are in estrus for only one to three weeks out of the year, usually from March to May, and in that brief period are at peak receptiveness for only a few days. When a cub is first born, they are very small, blind, pink and furless. The newborn cubs usually weigh up to about 150 grams or less, or it can weigh about 5 ounces. Giant pandas are found in mixed deciduous/evergreen montane temperate forest, with a bamboo/rhododendron understory, between 3,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. Humans are the giant panda's greatest enemy. Poachers still hunt giant pandas for their pelts, which they sell. Also,leaperds sometimes kill cubs. Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur Giant pandas live almost solely on a diet of bamboo, up to 33 pounds a day, and will very rarely eat other plant matter or scavenge the meat of dead deer or takin. Each panda lives alone. Male and female pandas get together only for mating and then separate after a day or two. A panda climbs a tree by hugging the trunk and gripping on with its claws. Life Span 25-30 years. Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur Body length: 160-190cm, Weight: male: 85-125kg, female: 70-100kg. Each panda lives alone. Male and female pandas get together only for mating and then separate after a day or two. When it is first born, you may not even realize it is going to someday become bigger and more panda like.After a male and female panda mates, the female panda gives birth. If the mother gives birth to twins, she picks one and abandons the other for it to die in the mountains. They are limited to bamboo thickets in mountainous regions between altitudes of 1200 and 3500m. One of the rarest but most beloved bears is the Giant Panda. They can climb trees when threatened. . Because their diet is almost entirely bamboo with very little nutritional value, giant pandas spend most of their time sitting on the ground and feeding. They can climb trees when threatened. Giant Panda mommies are 900 times bigger than their newborn cubs. They are white with black eye patches and black ears, legs, feet, chest and shoulders. The fur is dense to protect the panda from the cold and damp climate in which they live. They are heavy-bodied with a large head and rounded ears Pandas eat sitting up and have a sixth finger on their front paws that they use as a thumb for holding food. . When a cub is first born, they are very small, blind, pink and furless. The newborn cubs usually weigh up to about 150 grams or less, or it can weigh about 5 ounces. When it is first born, you may not even realize it is going to someday become bigger and more panda like. .Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world The Panda Bear is a probably the most famous Endangered Animal. Ninety nine per cent of a panda's diet is made up of 30 species of bamboo. The remaining one per cent is made up of other plants and meat. Their digestion of bamboo is very inefficient; pandas only digest about 20 per cent of the dry matter of bamboo, whereas most herbivores assimilate about 80 per cent. This means that they must eat large amounts to obtain their energy requirements. They can eat between 12 and 38kg of bamboo shoots, leaves and stems per 24 hour period. Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur The Panda is a large mammal which is about the same size as a Black Bear. Litters range from one to three cubs but usually only one survives. Cubs are weaned at around 9 months but may remain with their mothers until 18 months or older. Why They Are Endangered: Humans are quickly using the Giant Panda's natural environment to build cities and roads leaving the Pandas little space to live. Like most subtropical mammals, but unlike most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate. While bamboo stalks and roots make up to 95 percent of its diet, the giant panda also feeds on gentians, irises, crocuses, fish, and occasionally small rodents Pandas become sexually mature at between 4 and 6 years of age. Females are in estrus for only one to three weeks out of the year, usually from March to May, and in that brief period are at peak receptiveness for only a few days. There are only about one thousand giant pandas left in western China. The panda has a digestive system of an carnivore. Pandas eat sitting up and have a sixth finger on their front paws that they use as a thumb for holding food. Male and female giant pandas mate in the spring, attracting each other with calls and odors. Recent studies paint a different picture, in which small groups of pandas share a large territory and sometimes meet outside the breeding season. Mating takes place from March to May, and females give birth from August to September. They usually give birth to 1-2 cubs; occasionally they may give birth to three or even four cubs, but it is rare for more than one cub to survive to adulthood. They are born blind and helpless, with a thin layer of fur. The cub stays with its mother for 1.5 years. Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur giant panda cubs are the smallest newborn mammals.giant panda cubs are the smallest newborn mammals.giant panda cubs are the smallest newborn mammals. They give birth only one or two times a year. Pandas bred in captivity do not survive long. They weigh four to six ounces (85-140 g) as newborns. very slow reproductive rate A newborn Panda cub is about the size of a chipmunk, Giant Panda mommies are 900 times bigger than their newborn cubs. lthough adult Pandas can weigh 250 pounds, newborn Pandas weigh no more than a stick of butter.