Amelia`s Panda passion project

Contents page.

1.Fun facts about pandas.

2.Types of pandas.

3.Panda habitats.

4.Panda playtime.

5.Puzzles and games.

6.Panda conservation.

Hope you enjoy my project.

Fun facts about pandas!

1. A giant panda is a type of bear.

2. Bamboo is 99% of a pandas diet.

3. Today, there are approximately

2,000 pandas in the wild.

4. Every day, pandas eat up to

12 kgs of bamboo every day-in 12 hours!

5. Aliuropoda Metanoleuca is the giant

panda's scientific name-which means black and white cat foot.

6. When pandas are born, they are pink

and are 15cm-that's about the size of a pencil!

7. When pandas are born, they are blind and only

open their eyes between 6-8 weeks.

8. Every 2 years, female pandas give birth to 1 or 2 cubs.

9. After 18 months, cubs leave their parents and go off

on their own. (Humans take at least 18 years!)

10. Unlike other bears, pandas do not hibernate.

Types of pandas

There are a few different

types of pandas that you

can find. One of them look

really different to the

traditional panda which is

black and white. The red panda, which is quite small,

has a long tail and black

legs.

Here are some of the different types:

1. Giant panda

2. Red panda.

3. Quinling panda

Panda habitats

Pandas live in three different types of forests.

They live in the Bamboo forest, the Tropical

Broadleaf Evergreen forest ; the Temperate

Broadleaf Decidous forest.

One million giant pandas share their habitat

with over one million people, living in nearly

200 towns.

I think Pandas in the wild always live near water as

the bamboo might not grow.

Here is my drawing of a forest:

Panda playtime

Excitable, playful pandas, who don't always roam about in the wild, can

have fun like these pandas seen in the video: (press view in the left hand

corner to watch.)

As you can see pandas can play just as well as us. But

they don't just have to play with equipment, they can

play without it. Here is a photo of three pandas

playing together

Pandas can also play by themselves as seen in this

photo. This baby panda, who is playing in the snow,

is acting a bit like a cat as it is chasing it's tail.

Puzzles and games

Bamboo

forest

Giant panda

panda

quinling panda

red panda

Find the hidden words!

Here is a puzzle to bamboozle you!

Panda conservation

Did you know that there are only 1,600 pandas living in the wild? To make sure that pandas do not become extinct, there are captive breeding programmes in zoos all around the world. Since 1999, zoos in Japan, Austria, Mexico ,Spain, Thailand and USA have raised forty-two cubs have been raised! That's a lot.

Here are some of the names of zoo pandas:

Chi Chi, Ling Ling, Xin Xin, Su Lin and

Ming Ming.

Chi Chi the panda

In may, 1955, Chi Chi was caught in Baoxing, Sichuan and in June, moved to Beijing zoo.

In May 1958, Chi Chi was brought to Moscow zoo, in a trade.

In 1958, Chi Chi was brought to London zoo.

Thank you for reading my project.

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