Group+8

This is for Group 8 - Javin's group.

At birth, the Giant Panda typically weighs 100g - 200g and measures 17cm long. Adults measure around 1.5m long and around 75cm tall at the shoulder. The Giant Panda can usually live to be 25 - 30 years old in captivity.

It is difficult for the mother to protect the baby panda because of its size. The baby nurses from its mother's breast 6 to 14 times a day for up to 30 minutes at a time.



The Giant Panda has a body shape typical of bears. It has black fur on its ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, arms and shoulders. The rest of the animal's coat is white. Although scientists do not know why these unusual bears are black and white, some speculate that the bold coloring provides effective camouflage into its shade-dappled snowy and rocky surroundings. The Giant Panda's thick, wooly coat keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat. The Giant Panda has large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles for crushing tough bamboo.

In the wild, the Giant Panda is a terrestrial animal and primarily spends its life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forests of the Qinling Mountains and in the hilly Sichuan Province. Though generally alone, each adult has a defined territory and females are not tolerant of other females in their range. Pandas communicate through vocalization and scent marking such as clawing trees or spraying urine. The Giant Panda is able to climb and take shelter in hollow trees or rock crevices but does not establish permanent dens. For this reason, pandas do not hibernate, which is similar to other subtropical mammals, and will instead move to elevations with warmer temperatures. Pandas rely primarily on spatial memory rather than visual memory.

There are approximately 1,000 giant pandas left in this world. Pandas mostly thrive in Southwest China, in the remote Bamboo forest. Due to ignorance by the Chinese Government these pandas have failed to receive utmost care from poachers and loggers.It is however stated that, these pandas do not hibernate in the winter as they are unable to store sufficient amount of fat with these bamboos. They are generally carnivorous but have to survive on vegetation due to which they receive fewer amounts of nutrient and calories. It all started when lowlands from Myanmar through northern Vietnam and much of eastern and southern China were used for farming and the bamboo forest were cut down drastically, due to which pandas had to move away from these areas. Later in the year 1980, most of the bamboo forest died out; wherein over 150 pandas were starve to death.

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