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