pandas


 * ===Physical characteristics=== || Life Cycle || Growth || Body Functions || Pregnancy & Birth || Location / Habitat || Adaption || Problems || Behavior || Diet || Predators / Prey || Family groups || Relatives ||
 * pandas have a white coat with black splotches in different places || pandas live 30 years in the wild || on four legs pandas stand 2-3 feet tall at the shoulder || they can't see well || at birth the size of a chipmunck || pandas live in broadleaf places with lots of bamboo || they have a digestive system of a carnivore || habitat destruction is a main thing that kills pandas || pandas are dangerous animals || they are herbavore || leopards are their predators || scientists still disagree with the family tree of the panda || the scientific name is //Ailuropoda melanoleuca// ||
 * they have an enlarged wrist bone || mituraty ages are between 4 and 8 || females rarely reach 220 pounds || they have a digestive system of a carnivore || in 15 years they have only 5-6 cubs || they live in cool conditions || they have large molar teeth || the greatest threat to a pandas survival is dehydration || even though they are solitary they do communicate || a pandas diet is 99% bamboo || they some times eat rodents || pandas were part of the raccoon family || they are related to the red panda ||
 * they have strong jaw mustles || live 20-30 years in captivity || males are 10-20% larger than females || they have large molar teeth || 2-3 days in a year she is pegnent || THEY LIVE IN CHINA || they do migrate || also the amount of climate changes have affected the pandas || pandas can attack humans || they rarely eat rodents ||  || in bear family || chinese farmers call the panda a beishung ||
 * pandas can hear well || pandas can live longer in the wild || mituraty ages are between 4 and 8 || they have strong jaw mustles || it might still be able to reproduce at the age of 20 ||  || panda may drink water until tummies bloat ||   || males can compete for females and will during the girls estrous period || panda may drink water until tummies bloat ||   ||   ||   ||
 * baby pandas are born without hair ||  || new panda cubs weigh 4-6 ounces || females rarely reach 220 pounds || baby pandas are born without hair ||   || can eat between 26 and 33 pounds of bamboo in a day ||   || pandas are helpless a few weeks after birth || anytime is meal time ||   ||   ||   ||

=**WE ARE ON AIR WITH MR.PANDA…** = ===**MR.BEAR- I AM YOUR TALK SHOW HOST MR. BEAR. WE ARE ON ANIMAL PLANET'S NEW AND IMPROVED SEGMENT WE LIKE TO CALL ANIMAL FUN. TODAY WE ARE GOING TO HAVE AN INTERVIEW WITH MR.PANDA.** ===

**MR.BEAR- HELLO! HOW WAS YOUR TRIP FROM SOUTHERN CHINA?**
===**MR.PANDA- IT WAS FINE OTHER THAN THESE 2 ANOYING KIDS WITH A RED T-SHIRT ON. (THE CROWD LAUGHS)** ===

**MR.BEAR- WHAT IS YOUR NORMAL BEHAVIOR?**
===**MR.PANDA- WELL IT VARIES. WE USUALLY ARE CLAM AND SETTLED. STILL PANDAS CAN WAKE UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE BED. (THE CROWD LAUGHS)** ===

**MR.PANDA- YES THEY VERY WELL CAN.**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR.BEAR- HOW LONG IS AN AVERAGE LIFE FOR PANDAS?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR.PANDA- 30 YEARS** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR.BEAR- WHAT IS THEY MATURITY AGES FOR PANDAS?**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR. BEAR- SO WHAT ARE SOME PROBLEMS THAT HAVE BEEN KILLING PANDAS?**
===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR- PANDA- THE GREATEST THREAT TO PANDAS IS** DEHYDRATION**. ALSO THE AMOUNT OF CLIMATE CHANGES AND HABITAT DESTRUCTION.** ===

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR.PANDAS- WE CAN NOT SEE THAT WELL BUT WE CAN HEAR VERY WELL.**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**MR.BEAR- THANKS FOR JOINING US ON OUR WONDERFUL CONVERSATIOIN / INTERVIEW. JOIN IN NEXT TIME FOR SOME MORE ANIMAL LAUGHS. THANK YOU AND GOOD BYE!**

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=**DEAR DIARY,**= ===**I woke up and went to find somthing in my leafy home. I had a choice between a rodent or bamboo. I chose the the big fat piece of bamboo. Even though I do eat rodents I don't eat them on ocation. I only eat them when there is no bamboo around. But if I don't getr my fair amount then I can die.**===
 * There is a funny story I have to write down. So I was taking my normal walk and I saw a working on his garden. I sneek over in his vision and I kind of curled my had to dig. He got so furious and chased me with a pitch fork. I thought he was going to kill me. I could have attacked him and he could have killed me but we both made the right choice. So, instead I ran like I was really scared.**
 * I get my name mr.sploches because we have a white coat with black sploches. My dad died today and I am a full grown man know so I am 10-20% larger than my mom. My mom rarley reached 220 pounds. That in normal for females. my diet is 99% bamboo. I think it is time for me to eat again because any time is meal time.

P.S.- I can eat 26-33 pounds of bamboo.**

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**DEAR MR. LEMUR,** = ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **How is it in your neck of the woods? This pen pal thing really worked i like writing back and forth to each other. I was wondering if I could have you answer some of the questions. I will answer some of the questions you had and give you extra information about me.** == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

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===<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Where do you live?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**How is the weather where you live?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **What kind of lemur are you and do other lemurs have more fun than you? What color is your fur?** === <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**What is your favorite thing to eat?** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **That is a few questions you can answer. Here are some facts about me that will help you get to know me.**
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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**I am a herbavore like you may have heard.**
<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**I am most afraid of leopards because they are my preaditore.**

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**I love to eat bamboo. It is one of my favorite foods.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**I drink so much water that sometimes my stomach can bloat.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**I don't have many brothers or sisters.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**Pandas were killed by farmers and other predators.** <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive">**We live in cool conditions.**
 * I do eat meat. I can eat mice and other rodents.**
 * We can here very well. Our seeing is not so great.**
 * I communicate with my friends and other people.**
 * We have strong jaw muctles and we have an enlarged wrist bone.**
 * We have large molars to help us chew our food.**
 * When I was born I was 4-6 ounces with no hair.**
 * I was the size of a chipmunk.**

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> ==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **I hope you have learned alot more about me than you alredy knew before. i know I will learn alot about your for years to come. I will keep in touch with you so keep sending those letters. I will have a great time doing this with you.** == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive"> **sincerely,**
 * MR.PANDA**

[|www.panda.org]

1) the scientific name is //Ailuropoda melanoleuca// 2) the pandas future is unsertain 3) faces # of threats 4) by 2005 over 50 panda reserves in china 5) habitat destruction is a main thing that kills pandas 6) with the econemy in china then the important than ever to ensure the giant panda's survival 7) the wwf has helped a lot of pandas 8) pandas have a white coat with black splotches in different places 9) they have an enlarged wrist bone 10) they have a digestive system of a carnivore

thanks to nationalzoo.si.edu 11) on four legs pandas stand 2-3 feet tall at the shoulder 12) they have large molar teeth 13) they are herbavore 14) they have strong jaw mustles 15) pandas live in broadleaf places with lots of bamboo 16) pandas are dangerous animals 17) a pandas diet is 99% bamboo 18) females rarely reach 220 pounds 19) they rarely eat rodents 20) even though they are solitary they do communicate

thanks to __natures children__ 21) pandas are helpless a few weeks after birth 22) they live in cool conditions 23) chinese farmers call the panda a beishung 24) panda may drink water until tummies bloat 25) scientists still disagree with the family tree of the panda 26) pandas were part of the raccoon family 27) pandas can hear well 28) the digestive system is not efficient 29) pandas sit up right while eating 30) anytime is meal time

wikipidea 31) in bear family 32) china has 239 pandas in captivity 33) 1,590 are living in the wild 34) 29 live out side of china 35) pandas can attack humans 36) they could be taken off the endangered list 37) baby pandas are born without hair 38) 1.5 m tall 39) males are 10-20% larger than females 40) a panda has a paw w/ a thumb and 5 fingers 41) live 20-30 years in captivity 42) pandas decreased 50% since 1973-1984 43) they are related to the red panda 44) they live in the same habitat 45) the panda is reffered to a living fossil 46) mituraty ages are between 4 and 8 47) in 15 years they have only 5-6 cubs 48) 2-3 days in a year she is pegnent 49) it might still be able to reproduce at the age of 20 50) males can compete for females and will during the girls estrous period [|www.bears.org] 51) pandas are one of the most misunderstood animals on the planet 52) people thought it was a raccoon 53) it has 6 digits on the front paw 54) the thumb helps to hold things 55) since 1995 the panda was officfially been called a bear 56) new panda cubs weigh 4-6 ounces 57) they mark their tarritories by scratching trees 58) mamas' and dadas' can eat between 26 and 33 pounds of bamboo in a day 59) males weigh 190-275 pounds 60) during aug. and sept. they give birth to 3 cubs

[|www.animalinfo.org]

61) the giant pandas are endangered 62) the pandas weight range is 70 - 125 kg (154 - 275 lb) 63) pandas eat bamboo 64) pandas **do not** hibernate 65) pandas are one of the animals that travel alone and are single 66) pandas eat ten - twelve hours each day 67) They mostly live in the southern part of China 68) people have been hunting pandas for years 69) also the amount of climate changes have affected the pandas 70) the greatest threat to a pandas survival is dehydration

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71) they can't see well 72) their sense of smell is great 73) pandas can die if bamboo does not grow fast 74) pandas live 30 years in the wild 75) they do migrate 76) when pandas get mad they stare at their opponient 77) higher elevations in the summer 78) lower elevations in the winter 79) territory between 1.5 - 2.5 80) males have bigger ranges than females 81) at birth the size of a chipmunck 82) a mother will be in a den for a month-a month and a half 83) leopards are their predtore 84)a mother is only gone from 2-3 hours 85) they feed off their moms milk 86) cubs eat bamboo at the age of six months 87) they don't need milk at the age 9 months 88) a cub weigh 75 pounds when it is a year old 89) between 1 year an 1 1/2 years old 90) the mom will drive her babies of when she starts to breed again 91) they live 20 years in captivity 92) they live linger in the wild 93) in zoo only 144 specimens that do not breed 94) there was a trade between us and china 95) it was 2 pandas for 2 musk oxen 96) one panda went to live in chicago 97) hunters do not hunt them any more 98) they are endangered because of habitat loss 99) only 1,000 live in bamboo forests in the wild 100) poeple want to clone them (pandas)