Panda’s Day Out: How does a panda spend the day?
Panda’s Territory: Where do pandas come from?
Giant pandas (a) live / (b) are living/ (c) have lived in the bamboo forests of China for millions years and have been honored by the Chinese for a very long time. In fact, giant pandas (a) appear/ (b) are appearing/ (c) have appeared in Chinese art for thousands of years. Because the giant panda is considered a national treasure in China, it is protected by law so that it (a) becomes/ (b) becomes not/ (c) does not become extinct.
Although giant pandas have long been known to the Chinese, they (a) are / (b) do/ (c) have a recent discovery for people living outside of China. The first westerner to observe a live giant panda in the wild (a) is/ (b) was/ (c) had been a German zoologist named Hugo Weigold. In 1916, he (a) bought / (b) has bought/ (c) had bought a cub while he was on expedition.
At Panda’s Place: Where do pandas live?
There is only one place where giant pandas (a) live / (b) lived/ (c) were living in the wild: high in the mountains of central China. There, they (a) live / (b) are living/ (c) have lived in cold and rainy bamboo forests that are often misty and shrouded in heavy clouds. Once upon a time, giant pandas (a) lived / (b) have lived/ (c) had lived in lowland areas. However, as people (a) builded/ (b) built/ (c) had built more and more farms and cities on that land, the giant pandas were forced up into the mountains. Today, they (a) live / (b) lived/ (c) have lived at elevations of 5,000 to 10,000 feet.
Panda's Lunch: What do pandas eat?
In the wild, a giant panda’s diet is 99% bamboo. Bamboo is a giant grass that (a) grows / (b) is growing/ (c) has grown in the mountains of China. Because bamboo is so low in nutrients, an adult giant panda (a) eats / (b) is eating/ (c) has eaten between 20 and 40 or more pounds of it each day. It eats the stems, shoots, leaves and all.
There are about 25 different types of bamboo that wild pandas will eat. Some nutritionists (a) think / (b) are thinking/ (c) have thought that giant pandas need to eat not only different parts of the bamboo, but also different kinds of bamboo in order to get proper nutrition. In addition to bamboo, giant pandas (a) ate/ (b) eat/ (c) have eaten other grasses, insects and occasionally, small rodents.
In zoos, giant pandas eat bamboo too, but they (a) have/ (b) may/ (c) wou ld also eat sugar cane, rice gruel, carrots, apples and sweet potatoes.
Panda Cubs: How are baby pandas born?
(a) If/ (b) while/ (c) when a giant panda is first born, it is tiny. It (a) measures/ (b) tallies/ (c) weighs between four and six ounces and is about the size of a stick of butter. At birth, it is pink, blind, helpless and hairless. During this time, the mother cares for it closely, often cradling it in her paw and keeping it close to her chest. The cub (a) opens/ (b) doesn’t open/ (c) opens not its eyes until it is six week old and it (a) walks/ ( b) doesn’t walk / (c) walks not until it is three months.
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Cubs nurse for about nine months but they stay with their mothers for a long time after that. In fact, it (a) can / (b) must/ (c) should be up to three years before a giant panda cub strikes out on its own.
Panda’s Day Out: How does a panda spend the day?
In the wild, giant pandas (a) spend / (b) are spending/ (c) have spent most of their time resting, eating or looking for food. Unlike other bear species, giant pandas do not hibernate during the winter months. They also (a) build / (b) do not build/ (c) have not built permanent dens. Instead, they shelter in caves and trees.
Pandas are good climbers. They (a) can / (b) could/ (c) should also swim, though they spend most of their time on land. Although they might seem pretty quiet, giant pandas (a) are/ (b) do/ (c) have make a lot of growling and honking sounds.
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