The Giant Panda

Today I would like to present you my favorite animal

the GIANT PANDA

This cute BLACK-AND-WHITE animal is classified in the bear family. 

Panda’s favourite food is bamboo but may like other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, oranges and bananas. Giant Pandas live in a few mountains in central China and Tibet.

This black-and-white bear has a body typical of bears. It has black fur on ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, and shoulders. The rest of the animal's coat is white. The panda's thick, wooly coat keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat. Good tree climbers, pandas can also swim to escape predators.

Many people find these chunky, lumbering animal to be cute, but giant panda can be as dangerous as any other bear.

The giant panda is a well-recognized symbol of international wildlife conservation.
Today, an estimated 2,000 pandas are found in the wild. By the end of 2006, there were a reported 180 pandas in captivity on mainland China and about 20 in other countries.

Pandas are generally solitary animals that spend most of their days feeding.
Unlike other bears, pandas do not hibernate. In the winter, they move to lower elevations to keep warm, while travelling to higher elevations in the summer to stay cool.

If you want to learn more about this amazing animal, click here to find out reports about pandas and other wild animals written by kids, members of hellokids.com.

You can also print and color cute Pandas coloring pages. Click here and enjoy!