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NATURAL WORLD : WILD ANIMALS - PANDA

Chomp! Chomp! the bamboo is delicious!

Giant Pandas are huge bears with black and white fur. They live in the rain forests on the mountain slopes of  south west China. They have heavy bulky bodies and short stubby legs. They weigh around 150 kgs. Although they are heavy, they are expert tree climbers and can climb as high as 13000 ft. and can also swim well. 

Pandas eat two or more types of bamboo all day because they take a long time to digest it. Since they eat the shoots, leaves and stems, it takes them around 12 hours to chew. Like all bears, they are omnivores and sometimes they also eat small birds and rodents. Broad flat teeth in their mouths help them to chew the bamboo which they hold and tear with their paws. The paw has a long wrist bone that works like a thumb to hold the bamboo.

Panda babies are born blind and have no hair. They begin to have fur only after they are three weeks old. They are so tiny at about 100gm. of weight, that a mother carries them gently in her mouth if she is walking. At other times, she holds them in her arm and feeds them just like humans do. The babies learn to crawl by the time they are three months old.

They like to live alone and it is very difficult to find them in the forest. But they have a very strong sense of smell with the help of which males find the females for mating. 

Are Pandas endangered?

Cutting down of trees and climate change has reduced the number of bamboo trees and that is why the Giant Pandas are dying. There are only 1500 Pandas left in the world. Many zoos and conservation centers have come up where pandas are looked after, especially when a mother has twins. In such cases she might mix up her babies and forget to feed one or even crush them. 

Let's talk about them ...

GIANT PANDA

1.    Giant Pandas are huge fat bears.

2.  They have black and white fur.

3.  They live in the rain forests of China.

4.  Pandas eat bamboo and sleep a lot.

5.  They can climb trees and are good swimmers.

6.  Panda babies are blind and pink and mothers carry them in the mouth.

 

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