1. Pandas
By Braden
AALP 2012

2. Where do pandas live? Pandas live in the wild in southwestern China.
Pandas also live in zoos in North Korea, Japan, USA, Mexico, Germany, and China.
There are about 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild. They are endangered.

3. When pandas are 18 months they live on their own.
Pandas may live up to 30 years.

4. How big are pandas? Height Weight Pandas are 75 centimeters tall.
Panda babies weigh 3 to 4 ounces.
Female giant pandas can weigh between 165 and 300 lbs.
Males can weigh up to 330 lbs.

5. What do pandas eat?
Pandas mostly eat bamboo, but they also eat shoots, fish, leaves, and small animals.

6. FUN FACTS Pandas only digest a fifth of their food.
Their teeth are curved.
The Chinese name for pandas is daxiongmao that means large bear-cat.
Pandas need two species of bamboo where they live or they will starve.
They spend 12 hours a day eating, and 99% of their diet is bamboo.