Giant

Panda
The
Panda bear
is a large

mammal native to central China. These bears are also known as giant pandas, or simply pandas.
Though they famously diet on bamboo, pandas are bears, and scientists still classify them as
carnivores. While they will occasionally feed on eggs, rodents, or birds, over 99% of this bear’s diet
comes from bamboo plants. Read on to learn about the panda bear.
Pandas are probably the most easily recognized bear in the world. Their fur is starkly
contrasting patches of black and white, with black ears and black eye patches. Their legs, shoulders,
and tail are also black, and the rest of their body is white. Pandas, like most bears, have short tails,
measuring between 4 and 6 inches long. They are moderately large bears, and males can weigh up to
350 lbs. or more. However, most pandas average between 220 and 254 pounds or so.
Pandas must live in habitats with plenty of bamboo forest to feed from. In addition to high
volumes of bamboo, they must also have more than one species of bamboo to survive. In their natural
range, most bears live in mountainous regions or valleys. They will also move to various habitats to
follow the growth of bamboo shoots, because leaves are much more nutritious, and grow at different
altitudes in different seasons.Unlike other bears, and other animals in the taxonomic order Carnivora,
pandas are primarily herbivores. The vast majority of their diet consists of bamboo. Because it is so
low in nutritional value, they must eat lots of bamboo to avoid starvation.They will feed on 25
different species of bamboo, and prefer to eat leaves rather than stems. Pandas do, however, feed on
fish, meat, or eggs when they are easily accessible.

QUESTION
1. What is giant panda?
2. Are pandas carnivors?
3. What is panda diet?
4. What color of panda?