PANDAS BY REMY WESSLING

I NQUIRY 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 1/900 th 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 left in the wild and 300 living in zoos and care centres, mostly in China.

DIET 99% of bamboo, they spend 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.