essay on my favourite animal panda the threats and challenges faced by the species and the potential solutions. 300 words.
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Giant Panda
Panda in tree
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SPECIES
GIANT PANDA
FACTS
Despite their exalted status and relative lack of natural predators, pandas are still at risk. Severe threats from humans have left just over 1,800 pandas in the wild.
VU
STATUS
Vulnerable
POPULATION
1,864 in the wild
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
HEIGHT
Adults can grow to more than four feet.
WEIGHT
220–330 pounds
HABITATS
Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests of southwest China
Map data provided by IUCN
The panda, with its distinctive black and white coat, is adored by the world and considered a national treasure in China. This bear also has a special significance for WWF because it has been our logo since our founding in 1961.
Pandas live mainly in temperate forests high in the mountains of southwest China, where they subsist almost entirely on bamboo. They must eat around 26 to 84 pounds of it every day, depending on what part of the bamboo they are eating. They use their enlarged wrist bones that function as opposable thumbs.
A newborn panda is about the size of a stick of butter—about 1/900th the size of its mother—but females can grow up to about 200 pounds, while males can grow up to about 300 pounds as adults. These bears are excellent tree climbers despite their bulk.