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<div>about panda</div><div><br></div> Giant Panda<br>The giant panda is found only in bamboo forests in central China. The giant panda has a bulky body and a round head. Its fur is white with black on the shoulders, legs, and ears and around the eyes. Males grow to about 5 feet (1.5 meters) tall and weigh about 220 pounds (100 kilograms). Females are usually smaller.<br><br>Giant pandas usually live alone. They spend most of their time on the ground, but they can also climb trees. They eat mostly bamboo. Wild pandas spend up to 16 hours each day eating up to 40 pounds (18 kilograms) of bamboo. In zoos they also eat grains, fruits, and vegetables.<br> <div>diets</div><div>Almost all of their diet is bamboo. They will eat around 20 different species of bamboos and they eat the root, bamboo leaves, and the shoots. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Giant pandas have an extra digit on their hand. This helps to tear away at the bamboo shoot. They have a thick layer of mucus in their gut to protect their stomachs from the bamboo splinters.<br>While giant pandas typically eat over twenty different types of bamboo, it is very low in nutrition and they have to eat 20 kg every day to get the nutrition that they need. That is why it can take a giant panda up to 16 hours in their feeding process.<br></div> Red panda. It has thick reddish brown fur and a long, bushy tail like a raccoon’s. The lesser panda only grows to about 20 to 26 inches (50 to 65 centimeters) long, not including the tail. It weighs about 6 to 10 pounds (3 to 4.5 kilograms). Its face is white, with a red-brown stripe running from each eye to the corners of the mouth.<br><br>Lesser pandas travel in pairs or small family groups. They eat bamboo and other plants, fruit, and sometimes small animals. They feed on the ground at night. During the day they sleep in trees.<br> about koala<br> <div>The koala is a small, furry animal of eastern Australia. It is sometimes called a “bear” because it looks like a living teddy bear. But the koala is not really a bear. It belongs to the group of animals called marsupials, which carry their young in a pouch.</div><div><br></div><div>The koala has a sturdy body with pale gray to yellowish fur. It is about 24 to 33 inches (60 to 85 centimeters) long. It has small, yellow eyes; a round, black, leathery nose; and big, fluffy ears.</div><div><br></div><div>The koala lives mostly in eucalyptus trees. It has strong claws and toes that help it to grasp branches. The koala eats the leaves of only a few types of eucalyptus tree. It can be hard for a koala to find food because it is such a picky eater.</div><div><br></div><div>A female koala has one baby at a time. The baby is called a joey. The mother carries the joey in her belly pouch for a few months. Then the joey climbs onto its mother’s back. It clings to her until it is about 1 year old.<br></div>

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