Cheyenne+H.

The dangerous yet layed back life of a Panda. The whole forest freezes as the booming sound of the bulldozer approaches. The noise gradually gets louder and louder until CRASH! A giant machine unknown by all wildlife bursts through the trees mutilating everything in sight. Small animals quickly scatter or hide, cowering in fear as their beloved homes are destroyed. Soon hundreds of acres have been cleared and the animals finally come back out to find their homes completely gone. This is what it is like to be a panda in the bamboo and coniferous forests of China. There are two different types of pandas; the Red Panda which is more similar to a raccoon and the Giant Panda which is in the bear family. Red Pandas are usually 20-23.5 inches in length and weigh about 7-11 pounds. Giant Pandas, on the other hand, are much, much lager measuring about 4-6 feet in length and weighing between 165-350 pounds. Both pandas are very territorial and travel alone except for in their mating season. Pandas’ diet consists about 95% of bamboo and the other 5% is made up of other plants and small rodents. Pandas are very smart but are sadly going extinct. It is very important that we save them because their habitat will continue to be destroyed, poaching rates will not stop increasing, and if we don’t save them, our international relationship with China and its surrounding countries may become even worse than it already is.

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