By Pravin S Bhullar Natural habitat and environment Wild pandas live only in mountainous regions in central China These high bamboo forests are cool and wetjust as pandas like it They may climb as high as 13000 feet to feed on higher slopes in the summer season ID: 542221
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Giant Pandas
By:
Pravin
S.
BhullarSlide2
Natural habitat and environment
Wild pandas live only in, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet-just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13,000 feet to feed on higher slopes in the summer season.Slide3
Food
photograph by: Michael Nichols
The giant panda has an insatiable appetite for bamboo. A typical animal eats half the day a full 12 hours out of every 24 and relieves itself dozens of times a day. It takes 28 pounds of bamboo to satisfy a giant panda’s daily dietary needs and it hungrily plucks the stalks
with elongated wrist bones that function like thumbs. Pandas will sometimes eat birds or rodents as well.Slide4
Fast Facts
-Type: Mammal
-Diet: Omnivore
-Average life span in wild: 20 years
Size:4-5 feet(136kg)
Protection status : Endangered
Size relative to a 6-ft manSlide5
Protecting Giant Pandas
We work towards and advocate for:
-increasing the area of panda habitat under legal protection
-creating green corridors to link isolated pandas
-patrolling against poaching, illegal logging, and encroachment
-building local capacities for nature reserve management
-continued research and monitoring
There is a very important federation called WWF. It has been helping with the
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hinese government’s National Conservation Program for the giant panda and its habitat. Thanks to this program, panda reserves now cover more than 3.8 million acres of forest.Slide6
Relationship with humans
The giant panda has been admired by people for hundreds of years but more for their beautiful black and white pelts in the past. Since their discovery by the western world and the realisation of their rareness in the wild, Giant pandas have become one of the most well-known of the world’s largest animals with increasing projects and efforts being put in place to try and save them for extinction. They have however been drastically affected by increasing human activity in their native habitats which has ultimately led to vast population declines and the isolation of the remaining populations. Despite their seemingly cuddly appearance though, the giant panda species of bear and although attacks on humans are rare, it is not unheard of for harm to be caused to people who attempt to enter captive enclosures. Slide7
How many are left?
One estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000-3,000. Some reports also show that the number of Giant Pandas in the wild may be on rise. Slide8
Bibliography
I went to Wiki.answers.com/Q/
How_many_pandas_there_in_the_wild
, A-Zanimals.com/animals/giant-panda-bear/, animals.geographic.com/animals/mammals/giant-panda/, worldwildlife.org/species/giant-panda, kidcyber.com.au/topics/panda.htm Slide9
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