Giant pandas live in dense bamboo forests in China. They are about the size of black bears, with males weighing around 250 pounds and females weighing 220 pounds. Giant pandas have a 99% bamboo-based diet in the wild, eating other grasses and small animals occasionally. There are approximately 1,600 giant pandas remaining in the wild.
Some of the many endangered species are described in this slide.
Due to environmental changes many species are slowly declining and extinction will be the next step if we didn't change our environment.
The yak is one of the most enduring symbols of the high Himalayas. Whether you visit Tibet, Bhutan, India or Nepal, you will inevitably find tourist places with yaks for picture clicking and ride.
As the largest animal on the Tibetan plateau and its surrounding regions, the yak is a “flagship species”, and indicates the health of the ecosystem within which it lives.
Some of the many endangered species are described in this slide.
Due to environmental changes many species are slowly declining and extinction will be the next step if we didn't change our environment.
The yak is one of the most enduring symbols of the high Himalayas. Whether you visit Tibet, Bhutan, India or Nepal, you will inevitably find tourist places with yaks for picture clicking and ride.
As the largest animal on the Tibetan plateau and its surrounding regions, the yak is a “flagship species”, and indicates the health of the ecosystem within which it lives.
Bears are mammals of the family Ursidae. Bears are classified as caniforms, or doglike carnivorans, with the pinnipeds being their closest living relatives. Although only eight species of bears are extant, they are widespread, appearing in a wide variety of habitats throughout theNorthern Hemisphere and partially in the Southern Hemisphere. Bears are found on the continents of North America, South America,Europe, and Asia.
Common characteristics of modern bears include large bodies with stocky legs, long snouts, shaggy hair, plantigrade paws with five nonretractile claws, and short tails. While the polar bear is mostly carnivorous, and the giant panda feeds almost entirely on bamboo, the remaining six species are omnivorous with varied diets.
2. Size
The giant panda is
about the size of an
American black bear.
Giant pandas are two
to three feet tall at
shoulder on all four
legs and four to six
feet long.
Weight
The males
weigh 250
females weigh
220.
Habitat
A giant panda
lives in broadleaf
and coniferous
forests that has a
dense understudy
of bamboo.
Climate
Dense
rain
forests.
3. Diet
Wild giant pandas eat only (99
percent) of bamboo. Their diet
is a balance of other grasses
occasionally Small Rodents,
and Musk Deer Fawn. Giant
pandas in zoos eat Bamboo,
Sugar Cane, Rice Gruel,
special high fibre Biscuits,
Carrots, and Sweet potatoes.
4. There are about 1,600 Giant
Pandas in the wild but more
than 300 Giant Pandas in
zoos.
