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PANDAS. BY REMY WESSLING. Inquiry questions/predictions. I think the pandas main diet substances are bamboo and water. I think the male is not allowed near the cubs because he is so big and tough. Will the panda ever come to Australia in a special habitat and be our special guest .
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PANDAS BY REMY WESSLING
Inquiry questions/predictions • I think the pandas main diet substances are bamboo and water. • I think the male is not allowed near the cubs because he is so big and tough. • Will the panda ever come to Australia in a special habitat and be our special guest. • If the panda goes extinct will the males or the females run out first.
SENSE OF SMELL • Pandas have a highly developed sense of smell, which males use to avoid each other and to try and find females.
OTHER BEARS • Unlike other bears pandas do not hibernate, they move to places with warmer temperatures.
CUBS & BUBS • Panda cubs are born hairless, blind and toothless. When a mother has twins she selects the strongest and the weakest. The weakest bub dies. The mother only has a enough milk for one cub.They weigh 1/900th of its mothers weight.
THE JAW OF THE PANDA • They have large molar teeth and they • have a pseudo strong jaw muscles.
MATING • Pandas live on their own for most of their lives but in spring males and females chase each other and mate. The female will have 1 or 2 cub/cubs 20 weeks later. The males are not allowed to go near the cubs.
ORIGIN/HABITAT • ORIGIN: China • Habitat: Forest and mountain ranges of Central China.
WEAPONS IN THE WILD • They are armed with an enlarged wrist • And a elongated thumb. • Great sense of smell • Are great climbers • Its voice frames
IN THE ZOO WOOO • The oldest panda recorded in captivity • Was a female and her name was Ming Ming • She lived for 34 years(human years)
FAMILY/RELATIONSHIP STATUS • FAMILY:Ursidae • RS: Endangered • There are only 1000-2000 left in the wild and 300 living in zoos and care centres, mostly in China.
DIET • 99% of bamboo, they spend 10-16 hours a day roaming and forging looking for food they spend the rest of their day sleeping and resting. Diet: bamboo, grasses, birds and rodents. Bamboo low on nutrition herbivore diet .average panda eats 40kg of possibly bamboo everyday.