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Aloysius Utomo on 04 Dec 08Size of pandas
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Chinese people call the panda "Da xiong mao,"
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"giant bear cat"
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symbol of peace in China
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Female pandas are called sows
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males are called boars
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young are called cubs
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Most bears' eyes have round pupils
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giant panda, whose pupils are vertical slits
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Pandas have very good eyesight
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largest pandas grow to be about 250 pounds
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5.25 to 6 feet (1.6 to 1.8 m) long
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weighs about 220 pounds
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40 pounds (18 kg) of food each day
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Bamboo is very low in nutrition
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cannot digest it very well
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12 hours every day
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throat and stomach have extra-tough linings to protect them from the tough food
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captivity (zoos and breeding centers), pandas eat bamboo, rice cereal, carrots, apples, and sweet potatoes
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usually eat while sitting in an upright positio
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strong teeth and jaws are very important to a panda's survival
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Giant pandas have large molars (flat teeth used for crushing food)
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few sharp teeth which they use to bite tough bamboo stalks
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Pandas have 42 teeth
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very thick, oily, woolly fur
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two types of hairs
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long, thick, coarse hairs
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fur is waterproof
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shorter, fine, dense underfur
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endangered species
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roughly 1,000-1,500 pandas living in the wild (in China)
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120 living in zoos and breeding centers around the world
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extremely vulnerable to extinction because of humans
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mostly shy, solitary animals
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mostly silent, but they can bleat!
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11 different calls, four of which are only used during mating
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live longer in captivity than in the wild
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Unlike many other bears, pandas cannot walk on their hind legs
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do not hibernate since their food is available all year long
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During the cold winter months, giant pandas go to lower altitudes where it is a bit warmer
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don't seem to have permanent dens
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very slow reproductive rate
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mate in the spring
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give birth between 95 and 160 days after mating