the giant panda

In a few mountain regions with bamboo forests

Marking

Black – and – white coat (black patches around the eyes, over the ears and across the round body)

The measurements

• 1.5 meters (5 ft) long and around 75 centimeters (2 ft 6 in) tall at the shoulders.

• Males -150 kilograms• Females (generally

10–20% smaller than males) -125 kilograms

Food habits

• 99% of bamboo

• grasses, wild tubers, birds, rodents, carrion

• honey, eggs, fish, shrub leaves, oranges, bananas

A “bamboo consumer”

Behaviour• Activity at night and in

twilight• Live alone• No permanent dens• Climb perfectly

Reasons for extinction:Reasons for extinction:

• Habitat loss

• Poaching

• Low birthrate

Panda’s fur is very costly The price for killing a panda

is a death penalty

The number of the Giant Pandas =

1590 in the wild

239 in captivity

Conservation

The main method – artificial insemination

Reproductive age – until 20

Gestation period = 95-160 days

The cubs are incredibly small = 90-30 g

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