A Panda's Life by Emily Y.

A Panda's Life By: Emily Yang

Stages of a Pandas Life Cycle

How a Panda Survives

Fun Facts About Pandas

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Stage One: Newborn Panda

Stage Two: Panda Cub

Stage Three: Young Panda

Stage Four: A Full Gown Panda

How a Panda survives

Fun Facts About a Panda

More Fun facts About a Panda

Even More Fun facts About a Panda

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STAGE ONE: NEW BORN PANDA The first stage of a Panda's life cycle is a new born panda. When a panda is born it is deaf and blind. A new born panda is helpless right after it's birth. They also are pink and hairless. New born pandas weigh to 3-5 ounces.

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In 2-3 weeks they start getting black and white spots. They still need their mothers care when they are 3 weeks old.

New born cubs eat milk from their mother. They start eating bamboo when they are 8 months old. Bamboo - a tall plant with hard hollow stems that are used for building.

STAGE TWO: PANDA CUB

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The second stage of a pandas's life cycle is a Panda cub. Before a cub is two years old they can survive without it's mother. survive - to remain alive to continue to live.

Cubs can leave their mother when they are about 2 years old.Panda cubs like to explore their new home after they leave their mother.They must watch out for wild dogs called dholes.(DOLZ).By then they know how to look for food.

STAGE THREE: A YOUNG PANDA Once a growing panda left it's mother,they wander around to look for food,water and shelter.

They mark the area with their scent to let other young pandas not to stay there.A growing panda does not spend time with other growing pandas.

It is hard but they can find a safe place to hide with food and water.

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FOUR: FULL GROWN PANDA The last stage of a Panda's life cycle is a full grown panda. Pandas can have a cub when it's 5 years old.

Adult pandas are 4 to 5 feet,and weigh about 250 pounds.Their fur is very thick,oily and and woolly.A female panda has five to eight cubs in her life.

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HOW A PANDA SURVIVES

How does a Panda eat and drink?

The bamboo has liquid inside for the panda to drink .(New bamboo shoots are about 90% water). liquid-a substance that is able to flow freely.

It also needs their large molars for crushing bamboo, they can deliver a very nasty bite.

Where does a panda live?

They live in china only in places that are humid and very hot places.Giant pandas live in large bamboo forests on humid and relatively high mountains.Currently, about 1,600 giant pandas live in over 20,000 square kilometers (8,000 mi2) of habitat.

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How does a panda protect itself?

The mother panda protect its baby by hiding in a tree or den.As cuddly as they may look, pandas can protect themselves as well as most other bears by using their physical strength, and powerful jaws and teeth.

FUN FACTS

Did you know?...

They have great camouflage for their environment

Pandas eat almost nothing but

bamboo shoots and leaves

It takes 4 years for someone to know if its a boy or girl Pandas usually make nests from branches and dry grass Pandas are the most endangered animals in the world

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Pandas rely on spatial memory

(recording of information about

one’s environment) rather than

visual memory

China has two national symbols: the Chinese dragon and the giant panda

More FUN FACTS Pandas favor black bamboo, water bamboo, and arrow bamboo among 10 other bamboo

Pandas are an endangered species

species

Pandas eat consistently for 12-14 hours a day

Pandas have one of the highest

bite forces of any carnivore

Pandas are an endangered species. Population estimates vary but there If you see a panda in other may be around 2000 left countries, it means it is lent living in the wild from China They roll around on the ground to get somewhere faster 8

Even More FUN FACTS

When a baby Panda

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is born, it s shipped

by FedEx to China to help expand the gene pool

Pandas eat consistently for 12-14 hours a day

They can climb trees from when they are seven months old Giant pandas are bears, and like

other bears, they can swim

A group of giant pandas is usually known as an Pandas are an endangered embarrassment of pandas, species. Population although they can also be estimates vary but there may be around 2000 left referred to as bamboo or as a cupboard of pandas living in the wild They roll around on the ground to get somewhere faster 9

All bears generally hibernate, but pandas don’t