Hello everyone!!!....
This time for this post, I will tell you about an animal. This animal has a white and black fur with a big body. Can you guess it??
Yeah, it is a giant panda!!! Well, I'm sure that you know about it. But there are things you don't know yes about giant panda. Now, I'm going to tell you about that things. Please enjoy it!
The Classification
- Kingdom : Animalia
- Phylum : Chordata
- Clade : Mammalia
- Order : Carnivore
- Suborder : Caniformia
- Family : Ursidae
- Genus : Ailuropoda
- Species : A. Melanoleuca
The Description
The giant panda has luxuriant black and white fur. Adult measure around 1.2 to 1.9 m long, including a tail of about 10-15 cm and 60-90 cm tall at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 160 kg. Females can weigh as little as 70 kg, but can also weigh up to 125 kg. Average adult weight is 100 to 115 kg.
The giant panda has a body shape typical of bears. It has black fur on its ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, arms and shoulders. The rest of the animal's coat is white.The giant panda's paw has a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" – actually a modified sesamoid bone – helps it to hold bamboo while eating. The giant panda's tail, measuring 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in), is the second-longest in the bear family. The longest belongs to the sloth bear. The giant panda typically lives around 20 years in the wild and up to 30 years in captivity.
Behavior
The giant panda is a terrestrial animal and primarily spends its life roaming and feeding in the bamboo forests of the Qinling Mountains and in the hilly Sichuan Province. Giant pandas are generally solitary and each adult has a defined territory.
Pandas communicate through vocalization and scent marking such as clawing trees or spraying urine. They are able to climb and take shelter in hollow trees or rock crevices, but do not establish permanent dens. For this reason, pandas do not hibernate, which is similar to other subtropical mammals, and will instead move to elevations with warmer temperatures. Pandas rely primarily on spatial memory rather than visual memory.
Pandas communicate through vocalization and scent marking such as clawing trees or spraying urine. They are able to climb and take shelter in hollow trees or rock crevices, but do not establish permanent dens. For this reason, pandas do not hibernate, which is similar to other subtropical mammals, and will instead move to elevations with warmer temperatures. Pandas rely primarily on spatial memory rather than visual memory.
Though the panda is often assumed to be docile, it has
been known to attack humans, presumably out of irritation rather than
aggression.
Reproduction
When mating, the female is in a crouching, head-down position as the male mounts her from behind. Copulation time is short, ranging from 30 seconds to five minutes, but the male may mount her repeatedly to ensure successful fertilization. The gestation period ranges from 95 ti 160 days.
Giant pandas give birth to twins in about half of pregnancies. If twins are born, usually only one survives in the wild. The mother will select the stronger of the cubs, and the weaker will die. The mother is thought to be unable to produce enough milk for two cubs, since she does not store fat. The father has no part in helping raise the cub.
When the cub is first born, it is pink, blind, and
toothless,weighing only 90 to 130 grams (3.2 to 4.6 ounces), or about 1/800th
of the mother's weight, proportionally the smallest baby of any placental
mammal. One to two weeks after birth, the cub's skin turns gray where its hair
will eventually become black.
Conservation
In
2006, scientists reported that the number of pandas living in the wild may have
been under estimated at about 1,000. Previous population surveys had used
conventional methods to estimate the size of the wild panda population, but
using a new method that analyzes DNA from panda droppings, scientists
believe the wild population may be as large as 3,000. In 2006, there were 40
panda reserves in China, compared to just 13 reserves two decades ago. As the
species has been reclassified to "vulnerable" since 2016, the
conservation efforts are thought to be working.
Furthermore, in response to
this reclassification, the State
Forestry Administration of China announced
that they would not accordingly lower the conservation level for panda, and
would instead reinforce the conservation efforts.
The giant panda is among the world's most
adored and protected rare animals, and is one of the few in the world whose
natural inhabitant status was able to gain a UNESCO World Heritage Site designation. The Sichuan Giant Panda Sanctuaries,
located in the southwest Sichuan province and covering seven natural
reserves, were inscribed onto the World Heritage List in 2006.
Uses
In contemporary times many people who do
business with the subject panda. One way to make a zoo or wildlife refuges.
In japan or china area
now many animals panda targeted hunt. Therefore, these animals should preserved to avoid extinction or discharged. One way to make a zoo or nature
reserve. Especially in Indonesia is now just a few animals panda in the zoo
particular. Therefore we should be able to take advantage of these conditions
to do business these animals. Because these animals have the advantage.
A few minutes before the
massive earthquake struck central china earlier this week, a number of giant
pandas living in zoos looked nervous. It may be evidence that the panda has the
ability to detect earthquakes.
Based of the writing above, I have any question for you.
Please answer the question!
1. What is the name species of
giant panda?
a. U. maritimus
b.
A. melanoleuca
c. H. malayanus
d. Struthio camelus
2. What is the function of
giant panda’s fingers?
a. Help panda to hold a bamboo
while eating
b.
To make a bamboo
c.
Help panda to plant a
bamboo
d.
To make a handcraft from
bamboo
3. Where are giant pandas spending
their time?
a.
Fuji Mountain
b.
Java Province
c.
Qinling Mountain
d.
Kapuas River
4. Why if twins of giant
pandas were born, only one who can survive?
a. Because the father can’t
feed for two cubs
b. Because one of them is weak
c. Because the mother is
thought to be unable to produce enough milk for two cubs
d.
Because they are cannibals
5. What is the advantage of
giant panda?
a. Has the ability to detect earthquakes
b.
Has a delicious meat
c. Has a good feature
d. Has the ability to avoid earthquakes
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