GIANT PANDA

   Giant Panda are black and White bears. They are native to central- western and south- western of China. The Giant panda lives in mountain ranger in central China like Shichuan, Shaanxi and Gransu. They like living in temperate zone, in bamboo’s forest, at elevations between 5.000 and 10.000 feet. In winter they prefer living in lowland, but whit farming.

   Giant panda’s diet is primarily herbivorous, consisting almost exclusively of 99% bamboo. They have lived in bamboo’s forest for million of years. They eat as much as 9 to 14 KG of bamboo all day because they consume a diet low in nutrition, it is important for keep their digestive truct. The balance consists of other grasses, too. They can eat fish and eggs. When available. In zoos grand pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, rice, carrot and sweet potatoes.

   The panda is a endangered species. At 2007 reported that 239 pandas living in captivity inside China and another 27 countries. They are in danger, because they cannot reproduce when are in captivity due to are very shy and the variety of bamboo is decreasing by deforestation. And the other problem is hunted for their skin. It is very expensive so hunters win a lot of money.

 

   The conservationists say that to protect panda they must protect the land where grows the bamboo and include panda in captivity with other panda to then they can associate to increase the panda population. They can help the panda, too, reducing tourism in the area where the panda are located because humans are the major reason of endangerment. If we can convince the world to share this help, Giant Panda will be with us forever.