1. Pandas like to play in the snow for fun.

2. People have trouble getting to pandas.

3. People put radio collars on pandas to find them.

1. Thousands of years ago, pandas and the bamboo they eat were found all over Western China.

2. Pandas are found in much smaller, more isolated areas.

3. They live in the mountains and get 50 inches of rain and snow every year.

1. Pandas mothers are about 900 times bigger than four ounce newborn babies.

2. It will remain with its mother until it is about 18 months old weigh about 120 pounds.

3. When it is old enough to leave the den, the mother carries it in  her teeth.

 

1. Giant pandas sit down when they eat.

2. They eat honey, grass, vines, roots and flowers.

3. But 99 percent of their diet is bamboo.

 

1. Pandas do not really have to hunt very hard for their meals.

2. Pandas have thumbs that allow them to grab bamboo stalks as tightly as a human would.

3. Pandas are surrounded by food in their bamboo forest.

1. Giant pandas are seriously endangered. There may be only 1,000 of them left.

2. People encroaching on Panda territories is part of the problem.

3. The most serious danger may come from the bamboo plants themselves.