1. By: Desiree’ Wade & Alexxis Spencer GIANT PANDA

2. Common Name: Giant Panda Bear Scientific Name: Ailuropoda melanoleuca

3. https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UBBs65KYHm8 https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=UBBs65KYHm8 HABITAT:

4. A panda's daily diet consists of leaves, stems and shoots of different bamboo Stand between 2-3 ft. tall at the shoulder & Reach 4 to 6 ft. long receive about 30 to 40 inches of rain and snow a year They like to be alone reach breeding maturity between 4 & 8 years of age They may be reproductive until around the age 20 LIFE HISTORY:

5. The first panda came to the United States in 1936 The newborns are 1/900 th the size of its mother Female pandas ovulate once a year They are fertile for only two or three days Pandas rely on spatial memory instead of visual INTERESTING FACTS:

6. HOW MANY GIANT PANDAS ARE THERE LEFT IN THE WORLD.........??? In 2014 they said there were 1,864 giant pandas alive in the world

7. WHY ARE PANDAS CONSIDERED ENDANGERED? habitat gets taken over by development, pushing them into smaller areas

11. WORK SITED : http://a-z-animals.com/animals/giant- panda-bear/ http://a-z-animals.com/animals/giant- panda-bear/ http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/712/0 http://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/good- nature-travel/posts/ten-interesting-facts- about-giant-pandas http://www.worldwildlife.org/blogs/good- nature-travel/posts/ten-interesting-facts- about-giant-pandas