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3. Giant Panda High in dense bamboo forests in the misty, rainy mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world's rarest mammals: the giant panda, also called the panda. Only about 1,000 of these black-and-white relatives of bears survive in the wild. Pandas eat almost nothing but bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other vegetation, fish, or small animals, but bamboo accounts for 99 percent of their diets. Pandas eat fast, they eat a lot, and they spend about 12 hours a day doing it. The reason: They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. Overall, bamboo is not very nutritious. To stay healthy, they have to eat a lot—up to 15 percent of their body weight in 12 hours—so they eat fast. Pandas' molars are very broad and flat. The shape of these teeth helps the animals crush the bamboo shoots, leaves, and stems they eat. To get the bamboo to their mouths, they hold the stems with their front paws, which have enlarged wrist bones that act as thumbs for gripping. A panda should have at least two bamboo species where it lives, or it will starve. Pandas are an endangered species. Pandas are shy; they don't venture into areas where people live. This restricts pandas to very limited areas.

4. New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean, located 1500 kms east of Australia. The Maori named the country, Aotearoa, "The Land of the Long White Cloud." The Maori culture is widely respected by New Zealanders, or “Kiwis” as they are often called. GEOGRAPHY New Zealand is a remote, mountainous group of islands in the southeastern Pacific Ocean. The two main islands, North and South Islands, are separated by the Cook Strait. The South Island is home to the highest mountain peak in New Zealand, Mount Cook, which rises to 3,754 metres and is called "Cloud Piercer" by the Maori people. NATURE Because of its remote location, New Zealand is rich in unusual wildlife not seen anywhere else in the world. Nearly all the land animals are birds and many of these species have lost the ability to fly. The Maori people and European settlers introduced animals to the islands and the flightless birds had no defense against them. Pilot and humpback whales visit the islands on their way to breed, and orcas come to feed on dolphins.

5. FAST FACTS OFFICIAL NAME: New Zealand/Aotearoa (Maori) FORM OF GOVERNMENT: Parliamentary democracy CAPITAL: Wellington POPULATION: 4,236,000 OFFICIAL LANGUAGES: English/Maori MONEY: New Zealand dollar AREA:269,055 square kilometers MAJOR MOUNTAIN RANGES: Southern Alps, Kaikoura Ranges MAJOR RIVERS: Waikato, Clurtha, Rangitaiki, Wanganui, Manawatu, Buller, Rakaia, Waitaki, Waiau New Zealand is Australia’s closest neighbour and it was also one of the last lands to be settled by humans. During its long isolation, New Zealand developed distinctive animal and plant life; most notable are the large number of unique bird species.