Giant panda
by Derreck McMaster
Physical Description
- A giant panda is a large black and white bear with a short tail
- The giant pandas weight is 200 to 300 pounds
- The panda can grow 5 to 6 feet long
Diet
- The giant panda eats bamboo
- The panda eats bamboo stems
- The panda also eats bamboo leaves
Habitat
- The giant panda lives in western china
- The panda lives in the cold mountains of china
- The panda also lives in bamboo forests
Interesting facts
- Giant pandas use their sharp claws to help them hold on when they climb trees
- The female giant panda gives birth every two or three years to one or two cubs
- Pandas are in great danger of dying out in the wild
- They are threatened mainly by destruction of forests
- Pandas are protected by the law of china
- Giant pandas hold bamboo stalks in there front paws as they munch
- They have an extra pad on each paw which they use like a thumb to help them grip the bamboo
- The giant panda belongs to the raccon family
Their young
- When cubs are born they are born in a cave or a hole in a tree
- Panda cubs are extremely tiny when they are born they weigh only 5 ounces