Giant pandas are adorable. Those pandas from south central China make me smile. Do you like them?
I love pandas. They are so cute. Are they an important part of Asian culture?
Well, unfortunately, due to deforestation, farming and other issues, the giant panda are a vulnerable species, as they have been pushed out of the areas they used to inhabit.
That is sad to hear. I know that there is deforestation occurring in Amazon rainforest.
Yes, and back in 2014, statistics show that there are only 49 giant pandas that live in captivity on the outskirts of China, while only 18 live in zoos in other countries. So sad!
That is a critical population number isn it? There is a danger of extinction at that point.
of its diet. Giant pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents, or carrion. In captivity, they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan, but also in neighbouring Shaanxi and Gansu. As a result of farming, deforestation, and other development, the giant panda
and their habitat.
Pandas have become important diplomatic symbols, not only to China. In a visit by Hu Jintao to Japan in May 2008, China announced the loan of two pandas to Japan. The President was quoted as saying "Giant pandas are very popular among the Japanese, and they are a symbol of the friendly ties between Japan and China." Actions that other countries take with pandas are often seen as laden with meaning. For example, British diplomats worried that a 1964 transfer of a panda from a