All about Pandas

All About Pandas

Table of Contents

Introduction

What are Pandas?

Human Activity

What we could do to help pandas

Conclusion

Glossary

Sources

Introduction

Imagine an animal that is black and white, eats a lot of bamboo and as a 2 month old, is impossible to resist. Can you guess what it is? It’s the giant panda! In this book is lots of information about pandas. If you love pandas as much as I do, read on to the next chapter to find out more!

What are pandas?

Giant pandas may not look like bears, but they are. They belong to the bear family, Ursidae. It contains just about any bear you could think of. Brown bears, black bears, polar bears, sun bears and just about any bear you could think of.

For a while in the 1900s, many scientists thought that pandas were more related to raccoons, but recent genetic evidence showed that they are indeed bears. Genetic is the science of heredity

Giant pandas live in bamboo forests in remote mountainous regions of western China. The majority can be found in Sichuan province but they also inhabit areas in the neighboring provinces of Shaanxi and Gansu. 

Like other bears, pandas could eat meat. However, they’re diet is mostly vegetarian. 99% of their diet is bamboo. However, the plant doesn’t give pandas much energy, so they have to constantly keep eating bamboo. 

Pandas are an endangered species. That means they are in danger of completely dying out, or becoming extinct. As a result, panda breeding has happened a lot in China, the US, Mexico, Japan and Germany. These humans can help the panda’s population thrive. Population is the 

For example, when twin pandas are born, the mother panda would only take care of one cub. However, in zoos, scientists and ecologists can make both pandas live healthily.

Giant pandas are native to China. It is a very important symbol to the Chinese people. The reason why pandas are endangered is because a major problem has rosen and now there are much less pandas than before. You could learn a little bit more about that in the next chapter.

 They also have a very low birth rate, which means a mother panda doesn’t have a lot of cubs. They are also helpless without their mothers. They are born blind, pink and no bigger than a stick of butter. When pandas are full grown, they could weigh up to 130 kg or 300 pounds.

Human Activity

Like I said before, pandas are now facing a very big problem in their habitat. That problem is us, humans. Humans are cutting down bamboo and trees, which is also known as deforestation. Deforestation means that a big chunk of forest is being cut down for land.  The Chinese government has plans to expand cities into that newly deforested land.

As a result, pandas are forced to live in dense, isolated mountains. Charities such as the World Wide Fund (WWF) are trying to convince the government to stop these plans legally. You could find out how to save pandas in the next chapter. In 2014,the WWF reported that 30% of the bamboo in China was cut down. A bamboo forest being cut down for land

What we could do to help

If you would like to save pandas, I would suggest that you should join the  WWF (World Wide Life) or other charities and organizations. You could also donate money to those charities, which will go to research and raise awareness for other people. Remember, a small change could make a big difference. 

Conclusion

Well, that’s all I have to say about the giant panda and all the details about it.  If you would like to know more about giant pandas, go to the Sources page at the back of this book. I think you know a lot more about pandas than before. 

Why don’t you add a bonus for yourself? Take what you learned about pandas in this book and share it with your friends and family! I’m sure they’ll be amazed to see you with all those panda facts!

 Even better, you could join the WWF as a researcher and help out desperate animals! However, pandas are not the only endangered species. Thousands, maybe even ten thousands, of  beautiful but delicate creatures are in danger. You could also help these animals and be a zoology legend! Have fun and raise awareness!

Glossary

genetic - the science of heredity

endangered - in danger of dying out completely

population - the number of living organisms in a certain place

habitat - the place where someone or something lives in

deforestation - the clearance of a big forest 

Sources

https://kids.kiddle.co/Population

https://www.kiddle.co/i.php?q=WWF+logo#gsc.tab=1&gsc.q=WWF%20logo&gsc.page=1

https://www.kiddle.co/i.php?q=bamboo+forest+being+cut+down#gsc.tab=1&gsc.q=bamboo%20 forest%20being%20cut%20down&gsc.page=1

https://www.brainpop.com/science/diversityoflife/pandas/

https://pklifescience.com/article/321/endangered-animals

https://www.worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda