Giant Pandas are one of the endangered species in our world. Pandas live in the cold and damp areas of mountains in China. The temperature in the mountains of China where the panda lives is 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Some live and are studied in zoos in the United States so we can help them to survive. Conservationists are helping to prevent their habitats from being polluted and destroyed. In China, Pandas are called Giant Bear Cats. Two pandas were given to the United States of America, from the Republic of China, in 1972. They were Hsing-Hsing and Ling-Ling.

Pandas eat bamboo, fish, small animals, stems, leaves, vegetables, grasses, roots and flowers. The bamboo is hard for Pandas to find because their habitats are being destroyed.

Panda's fur is white and black. They have sharp claws and they are furry and fat. Their teeth and jaws are strong. They weigh 200-300 pounds.

They eat 10-16 hours a day. 

Giant Pandas are mammals. They live by themselves except for in the spring when they find another panda as a partner.
In 1999, a panda named Hua Mei was born to Bai Yun at the San Diego Zoo. Bai Yun feeds her cub milk from her body. The cub will leave its mother after 9 months.

The Giant Panda is the sign of the World Wide Fund for Nature. Their fund helps to save endangered animals all over the world.

Resources:

1. Wildlife Fact File MCMXCI IMP bv/imp Inc. Mammal group card
2.. Scholastic Newspaper February, 2000 Vol.56, No. 5 ISSN0736-55X
3. A Book About Pandas by Ruth Gross Scholastic Book Services, New York, 1980.
4. Highlights for Children Animal Books / Pandas Two-Can Publishing Ltd., 1991.
5. Grolier Encyclopedia On line 1999.

Written by: students grade 2