Giant Pandas By Casey Giant pandas are mammals
Giant Pandas By Casey
Giant pandas are mammals and mammals give birth to live young. Giant pandas are an endangered species. China has committed to save the pandas by banning commercial logging within a pandas range. Giant pandas habitats are under threat and their breeding isn't very successful. A pandas skin is worth up to $180, 000 on the black market in Japan. However, in China poachers who are caught trading this endangered species faces prosecution.
Life Cycle A Giant Pandas journey starts when a cub is born. The cub cannot see , walk , eat and it is helpless. The cub suckles milk until it is about 8 or 9 months. It then starts eating bamboo. The cub is able to see when it is 6 -8 weeks old. It then starts to walk when it is 12 -16 weeks old. At this time the cub starts to get stronger and more playful. The cub then starts to be independent at about 18 months. A Giant Panda is fully grown or an adult when it is 4 -6 years old.
Reproduction The next stage is reproduction. A stage when mating. Like most mammal babies, the baby panda grows inside the mothers body. After about 160 days the mum gives birth. The final stage is like all animals-death. Most Pandas have a lifespan of about 18 -20 years in the wild and in a zoo they may live for more than 30 years.
Mating The most dominate male mates with the female 1 st. Pandas mate in spring. Giant pandas give birth to 1 -2 cubs in a cave or tree hollow. If the mother has twins she only looks after 1 and leaves the other to die.
Pandas Diet and description are very different to other bears because Pandas only eat bamboo, and normal bears nearly eat anything. Giant Pandas spend more than 12 hours each day eating bamboo. Size: Weight: 80 -125 kg Length: 1. 5 -1. 8 m Height: 65 -70 cm Rounded face and head are the result of large jaw muscles that are needed to chew tough bamboo stems.
Location The pandas are spread over 3 provinces of western China. Gansu, Shanxi and Sichuan. There are fewer than 1, 000 Giant pandas left in the world. Where pandas are found.
The Giant Panda……. Scientists have been arguing for many years about whether the Panda is identified as a bear. If you thought pandas hibernate, think again. They don’t. Recent genetic studies have shown that the pandas closest relatives are bears and that the Giant Panda is a bear. The Giant Panda has a humongous skull in relation to its size of all living bears. Giant Pandas mainly stay on the ground, but they will climb trees occasionally.
Behaviour They do so to sun themselves or to rest. Female Pandas sometimes head up a tree to escape males, while males climb trees to advertise their presence. Male Giant Pandas often climb trees to advertise to females that they are willing to mate. They wail, yap and bark to attract attention. Their loud calls also attract other males.
Did you know. . Baby Pandas are blind, pink and weigh just 100 g at birth.
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