Giant pandas are black and white bears that live mainly in China. They eat primarily bamboo and spend much of their day eating. Pandas grow quickly in their first months and begin walking at 3-4 months. They mature at 5-6 years old and live around 20 years in the wild. Their population is around 2,000 but has remained stable for 20 years.

2.  This type of Panda is only in black and
white.
 It also comes from the bear family which
are all mammal's .

3.  Bamboo. The Panda’s most favourite
bamboo is called china cane. The best
part is the sweet juicy pith inside the
stems
 Different types of grass
 Root’s
 Bulb’s
 Tree bark
 Cane rat’s
 Fish

4.  They live in the wild but only in China
 They also live in zoo’s

5.  A male Giant panda’s body can
grow up to 1.8 metres high at the
shoulders
 Males can weigh more than 100
kilograms
 Females are smaller and can weigh
up to 80 kilograms
 A giant panda’s tail is only about 15
centimetres long
 Giant panda’s have five claws on
each paw plus an enlarged wrist
bone that acts like a thumb
 This ‘thumb ’helps them to hold their
food
 Bears eyes have round pupils but
giant pandas have vertical pupils ,
like those of a cat

6.  Like other bears, Giant
panda’s walk along the
ground on the soles of their
feet
 They usually walk slowly and
waddle from side to side
 Unlike other bears, giant
panda’s cannot stand up on
their hind legs
 Because they have strong
sharp claws, Giant panda’s
are good climbers

7.  Panda’s have few
predators in the wild
 Dholes are Asian wild dogs
that sometimes kill young
panda’s for food
 Leopards also attack
panda’s
 Tigers were once a danger
but they have mostly
disappeared from the
places where pandas live
 Eagles often seize panda
cub’s

8.  Scientist’s are not entirely
sure why panda’s have
their black-and-white
marking’s . They believe the
marking’s can be used to
intimidate other panda’s
 One panda might come
close to a second panda ,
the second panda can
approach the first panda
and stare it in the eyes
 An intimidated panda
often covers it’s eyes with
it’s paws , this could be that
it doesn't look as though
the panda is trying to stare
down an opponent

9. 1 . A new-born cub is pink , with
thin white fur . It weighs only 0.25
pounds (0.1kg) . The cub grows
quickly over the next two months
2 . When it is three to four months
old , the cub begins to walk . It
weighs about 15 pounds (6.8kg) ,
and its fur has grown in . The cub
usually stays inside its mothers den
3 . At about 5 to 8 months of age ,
the cub begins to live outside the
den , among the trees . The cub
gradually stops nursing and starts
eating bamboo
4 . Pandas are mature when they
are 5 or 6 years old . They usually
live to about 20 years old in the
wild

10.  Some expert’s say that
along with other very
endangered species ,
such as the tiger, the
panda could be extinct
within 20 year’s
 Other expert’s think that
the panda will probably
survive at least throughout
the 21st century , and
maybe longer
 Though the world panda
population is small, about
2000, it has now been
stable for around 20
year’s, and doesn't seem
to be shrinking

11.  Giant panda’s spend two-thirds
of their lives eating. That’s 16
hours a day.
 Panda’s swim across rivers to
avoid predators or to find food.
 Giant panda’s like to do
somersaults