Giant Panda By Grace Bonington

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Giant PandaBy Grace Bonington
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Giant Panda
Surface Features Hills Streams
Shelter Trees bushes
Habitat Bamboo Forests in China
Climate Misty Humid
Vegetation Bamboo stalks Bamboo leaves
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Physical Features
Diet
Giant Panda
Behaviors
Quiz
Interesting Facts
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Diet

• A giant panda is an omnivore, they mostly eat
  bamboo leaves and bamboo stems.
• When they have a chance they will eat meat.
• A giant panda needs to eat a lot because bamboo
  provides very little nourishment.

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Behaviors

• When a giant panda is startled they will move at
  a slow trot to escape the danger.
• A giant panda has muscles that extend from the
  top of its head.
• It helps them eat and chew up bamboo.

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Physical Features

• The fur of a Giant Panda is thick and coarse. It
  consists of a coarse outer layer and a very dense
  wooly- like under fur.
• To the touch of the fur feels oily.
• When cubs are born they are blind and very small
  , they weigh about 3 to 4 ounces which is about
  the size of a chipmunk .
• The basic color of a giant panda is white with
  black eye patches, ears, legs , and chest.

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Interesting Facts

• Giant pandas mainly eat bamboo about 30 pounds a
  day.
• Pandas eat sitting up right.
• A giant panda grows 5 to 6 feet tall and weighs
  up to 275 lb.

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Quiz

• What helps giant pandas eat bamboo?
• How does a giant pandas fur help them in their
  habitat?
• How does a giant panda get away from predators?