PANDA BEARS

PREY

• Panda bears are herbavores and prey on bamboo.
• They do not eat anything else, and must eat lots of bamboo.
• Bamboo lacks nutrients, so the panda has to eat 30-45 pounds of it each day.

PREDATORS

• The main predator of pandas are humans.
• Snow leapords eat the panda cubs.
• Humans hunt pandas for their fur and meat.
• Those are the only two threats to panda bears.

PANDA BEAR CUBS

• Panda bear cubs are about the size of a stick of butter when they are born.
• They're mothers stay with them until the baby strikes out on its own after 1 year.
• Baby pandas are very small vulnerable when they come out of the womb.
• Baby pandas are produced sexually.

HABITAT

• Pandas live in mountainous, forests with lots of bamboo.
• The forests are broadleafed, or coniferous, and are snowy.
• Pandas have lived in the same area for thousands of years.

PROTECTION

• Panda bears protect themselves in many ways.
• If they sense a predator nearby, they climb the nearest tree for protection.
• Pandas may also swim across nearby rivers in an attempt to run away.
• As a last resort, pandas will bite and claw the predator away.

PHYSICAL FEATURES

• Pandas are white, and have black patches on there eyes, ears, and legs
• They have 6 fingers, the first five, and an extra one used for grabbing bamboo.
• Another feature of the panda are its large molars used for grinding down bamboo.

THE WAY PANDAS MOVE

COMMUNICATION

SCIENTIFIC NAME

GROUPS OF PANDA BEARS

SEASONAL BEHAVIORS

BEHAVIORS

• Some innate behaviors of pandas are walking, and eating bamboo.
• Some learned behaviors are climbing, and swimming.

PANDAS ARE VERTABRAES

LOCATION

CHARACTERISTICS

INFO

• Pandas weigh about 115 kilograms
• Pandas can live to 20 years old.
• They reach sexual maturity at 5 1/2 years.

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