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		The Latin name for Giant Panda is Ailuropoda Melaneuca. The second word 
		means “black and white” in Latin. The pandas are one of the most 
		recognisable mammals alive because of their black and white fur. Adult 
		Giant Pandas grow to sizes of 160 to 190 centimetres and the adults 
		weigh from 70 to 125 kilograms. The babies would only weigh about 85 to 
		140 grams. Giant Pandas live in mountain forests of southwest China. This is 
		where bamboo grows.   Cubs
		 Giant 
		pandas usually live on their own except when producing babies. This is 
		called a litter of cubs and they give birth to one two or sometimes even 
		three but usually only one survives. The cub will stay with mum for up 
		to 48 months. Baby pandas usually live in their mums tummy for three to 
		five months. The mother panda gives birth in a den she has made in a 
		cave or a hollow tree. The baby panda is tiny compared with its mum. It 
		is only 15 centimetres long and weighs only one thousandth the weight of 
		an adult panda. This panda cub is only one day old and its eyes are still closed. 
		They will not open until it is 6 weeks old. DietPandas use up to 14 hours a day eating food. That would take a while 
		but because the bamboo is not so filling it will also eat branches, 
		leaves and small mammals. They used to be carnivorous, but are now 
		omnivorous, eating meat and plants> I know only two bamboo names, they 
		are the Cold arrow and Walking stick. Did you also know that pandas 
		unlike us just sleep when they feel like it. Conservation
		 Giant pandas numbers are decreasing rapidly and soon there will not 
		be enough in the world Just to picture how it looks there are 1,000 
		giant pandas and more than 6 billion human beings in the world – that 
		means that for every 6 million people on earth just one panda 
		bear!People have found more ways to use bamboo too I hope there is 
		enough to go around. The bamboo is being cut down faster than ever 
		before. 
		   This map shows where pandas used to live 200 years ago and where they 
		live now. One of the biggest threats to pandas is humans because of traditional 
		beliefs that all the skin has magical powers and that their habitat is 
		going as well as their food because of us thinking it a useful plant 
		too. 
		 
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