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__*Physical characteristics__
Female pandas are called sows, males are called boars, and the young are called cubs. The Chinese call the panda bear "Big Bear Cat.
 * The giant panda can reach a length of 1.5 m and weigh 100 kg.
 * Colour: The giant panda has a round body, a bullet-like head with small ears, and a short, stumpy tail. Its shaggy coat is white with a black patch around each eye and a ring of black around the shoulders, front legs, and chest.
 * Pandas have very good eyesight.
 * Under the giant panda's white fur, their skin is black and under the black fur there is pink skin.
 * 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. It can weigh up to 275 pounds.
 * What animal is black and white and loved all over the world? If you guessed the giant panda, you're right! The giant panda is also known as the panda bear, bamboo bear, or in Chinese asDaxiongmao, the "large bear cat." In fact, its scientific name means "black and white cat-footed animal.

__*Life Cycle did on kidspiration__
With few other enimies other than people the lifespan of a wild Panda is about 25 years or more.,take on adult coloring about a month after birth,when panda bears are born they are bald &pink,

__*Growth__
The average adult male panda grows to be about 3 feet (1 m) tall at the shoulder and weighs about 220 pounds (100 kg). The average adult female panda grows to be about 2.5 feet (80 cm) tall at the shoulder and weighs about 180 pounds (80 kg). The panda's tail is about 6 inches (16 cm) long. Although adult Pandas can weigh 250 pounds, newborn Pandas weigh no more than a stick of butter. when panda bears are born they are bald &pink,

The Panda is a large mammal which is about the same size as a Black Bear.

__Pregnancy & Birth__
Male and female giant pandas mate in the spring, attracting each other with calls and odors. 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. Although adult Pandas can weigh 250 pounds, newborn Pandas weigh no more than a stick of butter. Females may mate with several males during the breeding season. 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. 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. Pandas only raise one cub at a time. pink and bald when born.

__Adaptation__
The giant panda's teeth are approximately 7 times bigger than human's teeth. whose pupils are vertical slits, like cats' eyes. These unusual eyes inspired the Chinese to call the panda the "giant cat bear." with their short claws, are capable of climbing trees very easily. Giant pandas bears have a massive head, heavy body, short tail, rounded ears and plantigrade feet (i.e., both heel and toe make contact with the ground when walking in a manner similar to humans).

__*Habitat__
Panda bears live in mountain forests that are characterized by dense stands of bamboo. Giant pandas live in the mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. Giant pandas live in the mountain ranges in the provinces of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu in Western China. Giant pandas are found in mixed deciduous/evergreen montane temperate forest, with a bamboo/rhododendron understory, between 3,000 and 10,000 feet altitude. The habitat, suitable for the bamboo on which it survives, is a cold, damp coniferous forest. The elevation ranges from 4,000 to 11,000 feet high. .Scarcity also boosts the bears' cachet. Giant pandas are excruciatingly rare. Even other famously endangered mammals—tigers, gorillas, black rhinos, Asian elephants—outnumber them, both in the wild and in captivity. China's most recent national giant panda survey reported that 1,590 of the black-and-white bears survive in the rugged hills ofSichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu Provinces. Such a precise figure is questionable, especially for a hard-to-spot species that occupies isolated and often virtually impassable mountain forests. Wildlife biologists put the free-ranging population somewhere between 1,000 and 2,000 individuals. In captivity, there were only 188 pandas worldwide at the end of 2005: the 11 U.S. residents, a handful of others in Mexico, Japan, Thailand, Germany, and Austria, and all the rest in zoos and research centers in their native China. live in and around mountainous slopes
 * Giant pandas are found southwestern China living in mountain forests with dense stands of bamboo at an altitude of 4,000 - 11,500 feet.
 * Prefer to live in cold, damp coniferous forests between 4000 and 11,000 feet high in elevation.
 * Giant pandas are found in mixed deciduous/evergreen montane temperate forest, with a bamboo/rhododendron understory, between 3,000 and 10,000 feet altitude.
 * The giant panda bear only exists today in six small areas located in inland China.
 * In most of the areas in which they still roam wild, they must compete with farmers who farm the river valleys and the lower slopes of the mountains.

__*Problems__
.Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world There are only about one thousand giant pandas left in western China. The Panda's main threat is deforestation, the insularization of its remaining habitat and poaching. Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world -- there are probably fewer than 1,000 left in the wild. Although adult giant pandas have few natural enemies. Giant pandas are also susceptible to poaching, or illegal killing, as their dense fur carries a high price in illegal markets in the Far East. The Chinese government has imposed life sentences for those convicted of poaching giant pandas. Their habitat, extremely limited diet and poor reproductive and infant survival combine to extremely threaten their survival.There are two kinds of Pandas. The giant white and black Panda is the one that comes to mind for most of us. But, there is also the red panda. Giant pandas are also susceptible to poaching, or illegal killing, as their dense fur carries a high price in illegal markets in the Far East. The Chinese government has imposed life sentences for those convicted of poaching giant pandas. The low reproductive capacity of the giant panda makes it more vulnerable to these threats, and less capable of rebounding from its low numbers.
 * Humans are the giant panda's greatest enemy.
 * Poachers still hunt giant pandas for their pelts, which they sell. Also,leaperds sometimes kill cubs.
 * One of the rarest but most beloved bears is the Giant Panda.
 * 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.
 * The panda bear is one of the rarest species.
 * They can climb trees when threatened.
 * The Panda Bear is a probably the most famous Endangered Animal
 * The fur of the giant panda is thick and coarse. It consists of a coarse outer layer and a very dense, wooly-like underfur. To the touch, the fur feels oily. This oily protective coating helps protects pandas from the cool and damp climate in which the bear lives. These hides can be sold for $100,000 dollars. (I find that sickening that someone would buy a panda hide.)
 * the young are sometimes preyed upon by leopards.
 * The low reproductive capacity of the giant panda makes it more vulnerable to these threats, and less capable of rebounding from its low numbers.
 * Panda Bears, cute and adorable, are on the endangered species list..

__*Active__
Like most subtropical mammals, but unlike most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate. the panda is more active during the day

__*Diet__
The panda has a digestive system of an carnivore. Food: Bamboo makes up about 99 percent of the giant panda's diet, 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 ortakin. The giant panda brings food to its mouth with its front paws, using a long wrist bone that works like a thumb to grasp bamboo stems. They have teeth that are capable of peeling back the stalk to get to the spongy part. eat bamboo shoots which take a very long time to grow. Panda Bears eat over fifteen different kinds of Bamboo. Because of a inefficient intestinal system the Panda must feed for 12 to 16 hours a day, they can consume 22 to 40 pounds of Bamboo each day. When they eat fresh Bamboo shoots they eat about 84 pounds every day. exist on a diet largely comprised of bamboo shoots. They eat most of the day to consume the food they need for survival. There are about fifteen types of bamboo, reach with varying life cycles. Panda Bears eat primarily bamboo shoots. As die-offs in the bamboo cycle occur, the panda population also fall.
 * Pandas can't go without food for 5-6 hours.
 * Mostly bamboo, especially umbrella bamboo which Pandas really enjoy.
 * Panda bears only eat bamboo shoots, which take a very long time to grow. With the rapid rate bamboo is being cut down by people and eaten by animals, pandas are at risk of becoming extinct.
 * pandas rely on a steady diet of bamboo
 * eat over fifteen different kinds of Bamboo.

__*Relationships used with family groups__
The cub stays with the mother for 1-2 years.

__*Family Groups__
Until recently, scientists thought giant pandas spent most of their lives alone, with males and females meeting only during the breeding season. Today's methods of examining and comparing gene sequences between species place the giant panda firmly in the bear family,

__*Relatives__
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. While we generally refer to pandas as "bears" there is much discussion around whether they are bears, raccoons or their own species. They share some features of bears and some of raccoons. Let's let the zoologists continue their debate and we can focus on admiring these adorable creatures.
 * the red panda is one of the closes relatives to the panda bear.

__*Preditors/prey used all facts__
The fur of the giant panda is thick and coarse. It consists of a coarse outer layer and a very dense, wooly-like underfur. To the touch, the fur feels oily. This oily protective coating helps protects pandas from the cool and damp climate in which the bear lives. These hides can be sold for $100,000 dollars. (I find that sickening that someone would buy a panda hide.) Humans are the giant panda's greatest enemy. Poachers still hunt giant pandas for their pelts, which they sell. Also,leaperds sometimes kill cubs. . 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.

(Other)
The Panda is such a majestic creature. It is sad to think that there may not be Pandas around to much longer. Even sadder is the fact that we are the cause. Until people relize that Pandas are such great creatures and that they deserve home, the Pandas will be in danger of extinction.

I like how you put your facts on your page catgirl07 well it was sweet and cool!

 * ~wolfpack*~