1. GIANT PANDAS BY BASHIZA NADEEM 1 ST OCT,2014

2. INTERESTING FACTS THE PANDA IS CONSIDERED A NATIONAL TREASURE IN CHINA PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF CHINA HAVE ONLY KNOWN ABOUT PANDAS FOR MORE THAN 96 YEARS PANDAS CAN GROW UP TO 6 FEET LONG THE CHINESE NAME FOR PANDA IS DAXIONGMAO

3. WHY IT IS GOING EXTINCT THEIR NATURAL HABITAT IS BEING CUT DOWN BY HUMANS PANDAS STARVE TO DEARTH BECAUSE OF LACK OF BAMBOO FEMALE PANDAS ARE ONLY IN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE STATE FOR A LITTLE WHILE PANDAS ARE SOLITARY ANIMALS EACH LIVING IN THEIR OWN TERRITORY. INDIVIDUAL PANDAS ONLY MEET UP BRIEFLY DURING THE SPRING FOR MATING.

4. HOW HUMANS CAN PROTECT GIANT PANDAS? BY MAKING STRICTER LAWS TO NOT POACH ANYMORE PANDAS MAKING SURE THAT WE DON’T CUT ANYMORE OF THE GIANT PANDAS HABITAT TO ENSURE THAT THE RESERVE BORDERS ARE PATROLLED AND NO ILLEGAL HUNTING OR LOGGING TAKES PLACE IN THE FOREST COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT SUCH AS BUYING WOOD SAVING STOVES FOR LOCAL PEOPLE TO LIMIT THE IMPACT THAT WOOD-FUEL HARVESTING IS HAVING ON THE FORESTS DONATING MONEY TO PANDAS SERVICES LIKE THE WORLDS WILDLIFE FUND (WWF)

5. WHY HUMANS SHOULD PROTECT GIANT PANDAS? THEY PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN THE BAMBOO FORESTS WHERE THEY ROAM BY SPREADING SEEDS AND FACILITATING GREATER GROWTH OF THE VEGETATION THEY BRING HUGE ECONOMIC BENEFITS TO LOCAL COMMUNITIES THROUGH ECOTOURISM AND OTHER ACTIVITIES PANDAS HAVE ARE A VERY IMPORTANT CULTURAL ICON FOR CHINESE PEOPLE. THE PANDA’S HABITAT IS HOME FOR MILLIONS OF PEOPLE THE RAREST MEMBER OF THE BEAR FAMILY

6. WHAT ANIMAL DID YOU CHOOSE

7. WHY DID YOU CHOOSE GIANT PANDAS? I CHOOSE GIANT PANDAS BECAUSE THEY’RE VERY INTRESTING TO ME I WANT TO FIND MORE ABOUT THEIR LIVES AND THE REASONS WHY THEY ARE GETTING EXTINCT THEY’RE CUTE AND BEAUTIFUL

8. WHAT DOES GIANT PANDA EAT? A WILD GIANT PANDA'S DIET IS ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY (99 PERCENT) BAMBOO. THE BALANCE CONSISTS OF OTHER GRASSES AND OCCASIONAL SMALL RODENTS OR MUSK DEER FAWNS. IN ZOOS, GIANT PANDAS EAT BAMBOO, SUGAR CANE, RICE GRUEL, ASPECIAL HIGH-FIBER BISCUIT, CARROTS, APPLES, AND SWEET POTATOES.

9. WHERE DOES IT LIVE

10. WHERE DOES GIANT PANDAS LIVE? GIANT PANDAS LIVE IN A FEW MOUNTAIN RANGES IN CENTRAL CHINA, IN SICHUAN, SHAANXI, AND GANSU PROVINCES. THEY ONCE LIVED IN LOWLAND AREAS, BUT FARMING, FOREST CLEARING, AND OTHER DEVELOPMENT NOW RESTRICT GIANT PANDAS TO THE MOUNTAINS.

11. SOME UNIQUE FEATURES OF GIANT PANDAS GIANT PANDAS HAVE A DISTINCTIVE APPEARANCE. THEY HAVE THICK BLACK AND WHITE FUR WHICH EQUIPS THEM FOR LIFE IN COOL FORESTS. THEIR WHITE COAT WITH BLACK MARKINGS IS UNIQUE, WITH BLACK PATCHES ROUND THE EYES AND EARS, BLACK LEGS AND A BLACK BAND AROUND THE SHOULDERS. GIANT PANDAS' PAWS HAVE FIVE “FINGERS” AND ONE “THUMB” – AN ENLARGED BONE AT THE HEEL OF THE PAW USED FOR GRIPPING BAMBOO, CLIMBING, ETC. THEY HAVE GOOD GEOGRAPHICAL MEMORY, HEARING AND SENSE OF SMELL, BUT THEIR SIGHT IS POOR.

12. UNIQUE FEATURES

13. REASONS WHY GIANT PANDAS ARE GOING EXTINCT DESTRUCTION OF THEIR HABITAT BY CUTTING OUT FORESTS AND BAMBOO (THEIR FOOD) HUNTING CAUSED MAJORITY OF PANDAS TO DIE HUNTERS SEEKING OTHER ANIMALS IN PANDA HABITATS KILL PANDAS ACCIDENTALLY.

14. CAN ITS EXTINCTION BE PREVENTED? HOW? BY MAKING STRICT LAWS OF NOT DESTROYING PANDAS HABITAT BY GROWING MORE BAMBOO BY NOT HUNTING WHERE THESE ANIMALS HABITAT IS

15. GIANT PANDAS