Giant+Panda+Period+5


 * Group Members:** Margaret F.
 * How Will We Work Together:**


 * Research:

1. Where does your animal live, and what are its characteristics? Locate your animal’s habitat (Where does it live? Does it migrate?)**

The giant panda lives in the Chinese and Tibetan mountains and in bamboo forests.


 * Include all subspecies or varieties of your animal**

It is related to a bear, but scientists used to think it was related to the raccoon like the lesser panda.


 * Identify at least 10 characteristics that will give an in-depth, accurate description of your animal**

The giant panda has white fur with black patches all around the face and shoulders. It has a very short tail. From tail to nose it is usually 4-5 feet long. It has thick fur. It usually weighs 220 pounds. It’s claws are very sharp and it’s paws are large. It’s ears are rounded. The areas in which the panda has black spots is the ears, the eyes, the shoulders and arms and the hind legs. It has a round face and it’s ears are on top of it’s head.

Locate where it is endangered (might not be endangered in all its habitats)** It is endangered in small bamboo forests in the mountains of China and Tibet. In prehistoric times, cavemen/cavewomen hunted them. In this era, natural disasters such as wildfires can destroy the bamboo forests. And, it takes 5-10 years to restore these ruined bamboo forests. Provide statistics and other facts related to its endangerment ** There are only 1000 giant pandas left in the world. The area of their habitat put together is 13,000 square kilometers.
 * 2. Where and why is your animal endangered?
 * Identify the factors, environmental and/or anthropogenic (caused by man) that cause it to be endangered.**

Locate at least two zoos and/or conservation centers where the animal is held.**
 * 3. Where is your animal in captivity and/or conserved?

The Brookfield Zoo in Chicago Illinois, the  Atlanta Zoo in Atlanta  Georgia, and the National Zoo in Washington  DC all have giant pandas in captivity.

In China, people are working to build conservation sites. They have increased the number of conservation sites by 36 in the last 10 years. People are also teaching others how to breed them in captivity in China.
 * 4. What is being done to restore your animal’s populations? Where is it being done?**

Identify the experts, leaders, and/or groups guiding the conservation ** In China, although pandas are dificult to care for, there are many zoos.
 * Locate where research is done on your animal and where efforts are underway to conserve its population (Note: It may be that this is done at the same location(s) you identified in #3)


 * Outline any research and efforts to conserve the population.**

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 * Bibliography (All Resources Used)

Book Sources: ** Compton 's

[|www.school.eb.com-giantpanda]
 * Computer Sources: **

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