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Table of contents Page 1...........................Introduction Page 2...........................Habitat Page 3............................How many babys can they have? Page 4............................Food Page 5............................How the survive Page 6............................Are giant pandas bears? Page 7............................How long they can live Page 8............................ Page 9............................There colors Page 10...........................Bibliography

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Im doing pandas because i love them and they are so cute. The giant panda is a national treasure in china. So they are protected by Law. This special bear has long been loved by the chinese and can be found in Chinese art dating back to thoasands of years. The Chinese call thier beloved pandas "Large bear-cats." People outside of china have been fascinated by giant pandas since they were first decribed by French Missionary Pere Armand David in 1869. Now more that 100 years later he worldwide love for pandas has been combined woth intermational efforts to keeo them from becoming extinct.

Page-2 Habitat is the environment where an animal lives. The panda habitat was once widespread in southern and eastern China, Vietnam and Myanmar Burma, but their habitat has been reduced over time. Today the habitat of the panda is limited to the mountains in only a few provinces of southwestern China. Most are in the Sichuan Province, but they are also found in Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. Their range is along the eastern rim of the Tibetan Plateau.The species has lived for centuries in coniferous forests with dense undergrowth of bamboo, at elevations of 5,000 to 11,000 feet. Rain or dense mist throughout the year shrouds these remote forests in heavy clouds. In the winter snow is common.The panda’s primary food source is bamboo. The bamboo grows under the shade cover of the large fir trees in the mountains. Giant pandas do not seem to have a permanent den, since they do not hibernate. In the winter, they will seek shelter in hollow trees.

Page-3 Mother pandas dont have many babies. So there are not many pandas born every year. Its so sad and even if baby pandas were born they wouldn't have alot of bamboo to eat. The Giant pandas are in danger. People are cutting down all of the bamboo down.The are cutting down the forest and pandas have no place to live.The panda mothers are not having many babies. The Chinese government is trying to help the pandas because they are in danger. They are in danger because their food is gone, their homes are gone, and they stopped having babies. The Chinese government help the pandas in a good way.

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[[image:eats_p[andad.gif]] Giant pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo. If the temperate bamboo forests in the mountains of central China continue to be cut down, there will be no room for giant pandas in the wild. This is why it is so crucial to support conservation research in China, and why we need to have a population of giant pandas in zoos as an insurance policy against extinction. They also eat grasses, berries, flowers and tree bark as well. They eat carrion ('meat' that's been killed by something else) if they come across it, and may also eat fish, and small rodents. They do not actively hunt. Panda's have poor eyesight, thus making it difficult to see their prey plus they're not excessively quick.

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