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Name:Panda |
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Species:Ailuropoda |
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Melanoleuca |
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Size:152-183 cm long |
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Colour:Black and White fur |
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Shape:Shape of a bear |
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Weight:About 75-118kg |
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Features:Claws |
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Diet:Bamboo leaves,shoots,and stem;will
sometimes eat meat,grasses,and fruits. |
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Habitat:The Panda lives in China |
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Home:It lives in the cold damp bamboo forests on
the hillsides of eastern Tibet and Szechwan in southwest China. |
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1.Pandas are fully protected by Chinese law. |
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2.The panda has a “pseudo thumb” or “fake
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3.A panda spends up to 16 hours a day eating. |
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4.Underneath the black fur the skin is black
underneath the white fur the skin is pink. |
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5.There are 14 panda reserves in China where the
panda’s home is safe. |
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Pictures: |
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Panda-http://collegecandy.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/01/panda-bear.jpg |
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Bamboo- http://www.readthehook.com/kids/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/bamboo-annie-oakley-flickr.jpg |
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Information- |
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The giant panda-pg.7,8,11,13 |
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Wildlife encyclopedia-book 16-pg.1828,1826 |
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Notes
