Giant pandas are great!  I love looking at them in the zoo!
So do I! Giant pandas are also called big bear cats.
They're so big and fluffy!  It's too bad there aren't more of them.
I know, I wish I could keep a giant panda as a pet even though they are native to China.
The one thing that's weird about them is their territory marking method.  They stand on their hands and try to pee higher on a tree than their rivals.
Oh I know that! They are also really easy to recognize based on their black patches.
It's also too bad China seems to dictate the naming of pandas when they donate them to zoos.  One should definitely be named Cookie's and Cream.
Giant panda
The giant panda ("Ailuropoda melanoleuca"; ), also known as panda bear or simply panda, is a bear native to south central China. It is easily recognized by the large, distinctive black patches around its eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. The name "giant panda" is sometimes used to distinguish it from the red panda. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the giant panda is a folivore, with bamboo shoots and leaves making up more than 99%
of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA).
The two facilities host about 1,800 animals of 300 different species. About one-fifth of them are endangered or threatened. Most species are on exhibit at the Rock Creek Park campus. The best-known residents are the giant pandas, but the zoo is also home to birds, great apes, big cats, Asian elephants, insects, amphibians, reptiles, aquatic animals, small mammals and many more. The SCBI facility houses between 30 and 40 endangered species at any given