Giant Panda Information Report

Giant Pandas

Giant Pandas are Bears which are immensely native to China. Mainly because of the fact that they are endangered. A small amount of 1,600 are left in the wild. As well as less than 100 in zoos around the world.

Giant Pandas are also known as ‘Great Bears’ and are the same size as the American Black Bear.

Appearance

These impressive bears can surprisingly weigh up to 135 kilograms and can grow up to 1.5 meters. They are easily recognized by the large, black patches around their eyes, over the ears, and across their round body.

Their thick, wooly coat consisting of a bold black and white keeps them warm in the cool forests of their habitat.

The Giant Pandas large teeth and strong jaw muscles help to crush tough bamboo. They may seem super cute but they can be as dangerous as any other bear!

Diet

Giant Pandas are omnivores. (Meaning they eat both plant and meat) Wild Panda’s diets are almost 99 percent bamboo. An average Panda eats about 3 Kilograms of bamboo each day.

They rarely eat small rodents or Deer. In Zoos, they eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice and a bit of fruit and vegetables.

Habitat

Giant pandas live in mountain ranges in central China.

Mainly in the cities of Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu.

They once lived in several areas in China, but due to forest clearing, the Pandas are now living in mountains.

Threats

The main reasons for the decrease of the panda population is: poaching, habitat destruction and low reproductive rate. The Chinese government is allowing the pandas to move to new areas to find more food and meet more breeding mates.

Conclusion

Much remains to be learned about the secret lives of these bears. Every new discovery about Giant Pandas helps scientists to save this species.

For the past few weeks, our main focus in Writing was writing information reports. I have written a information report based around Giant Pandas. This report consists of their Appearance, Diet, Habitat and Threats.