Chinese Panda Research Paper

Visitors to China may spot a creature resembling a bear. This animal is the panda, a Chinese member of the Ursidae family. The Chinese panda is an endangered species, threatened by continued habitat loss and habitat fragmentation. The Chinese Panda has a body shape like that of bears. It has black fur on its legs, arms, shoulders, ears, eye patches, and muzzle. The rest of this animal's coat is white. Usually, a panda has a round head, stocky body, and a small tail. The shoulder height is 63-71 cm. Adults measure around 5 to 6 ft long, including a tail of about 10-15 cm, which is the second longest in the Ursidae family. Adults weigh approximately 250 pounds. Panda cubs are extremely tiny, weighing only around 5 ounces at birth.

A Chinese panda's diet is 99 percent bamboo. In zoos, Chinese pandas eat bamboo, sugar cane, honey,carrots, apples, eggs, fish, and sweet potatoes. Chinese pandas get much of the water they need from bamboo, a grass which contains fifty percent water. However, pandas need more water that what bamboo alone can provide. To fulfill their need of water, pandas also drink water from rivers and streams. As pandas walk around, they spread seeds which increases vegetation. Pandas communicate with each other through vocalization and scent marking.

Usually, Chinese pandas do not get along with humans because millions of people live in and around the pandas habitat. For centuries, humans and pandas shared the environment, and used the natural resources for their living. As the population has grown, human activities have harmed the environment and have significantly eroded the pandas habitat. To help pandas survive the threat of people eroding their habitat and hunting it for fur, this unusual bear will be need to be