16 Let’s Talk Trash! JAN/FEB 2019
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PANDAS
by Savannah and Katrina, Team One 2
The first panda came to the United states in 1936. They are omnivorous (feeding on food of both plant and animal origin) but sometimes eat small animals and fish. Bamboo counts for 99% of their diet filling their tummies up to 12 hours snifting (to draw in air audibly through the nose to detect a smell,) 12 kilograms of bamboo. The panda actual name is Ailuropoda Melanoleuca which means “black and white cat-foot.” Females give birth to one to two cubs every two years and cubs stay with their mothers for eighteen months before going out on their own. Pandas play a crucial role in China’s bamboo forests by spreading seeds and helping vegetation grow. They are only found in the mountainous regions of central China, in Sichuan, Shaanixi, and Gansy provinces. There are only about 1,000 giant pandas left in the wild and can reach up to six feet in height in the wild and can weigh
around 220 to 250 pounds. Adult males can weigh up to 350 pounds. Pandas mate in the spring from March to May and give birth five months later in a nest of bamboo. In the wild it is rare for giant pandas to give birth to twins, however it has been known to happen in captivity. Giant pandas are born blind and are approximately 1/900th of the size of their mother! If 1 kilogram = 2.20462 pounds and a mother panda weighs 250 pounds, how much does the newborn cub weigh?
What does the panda mean to the Chinese? Far Eastern Panda Bear Symbolic Meanings. China is the home to Panda Bear. This is where much Panda’s symbolism stems from as it is an auspicious symbol of peace, harmony and friendship. ... The black and white markings of the Panda Bear give it an association with a harmony of yin and yang energy.
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