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1 Chapter 1 : Why Are We Fascinated With Pandas? HuffPost Canada Note: Citations are based on reference standards. However, formatting rules can vary widely between applications and fields of interest or study. The specific requirements or preferences of your reviewing publisher, classroom teacher, institution or organization should be applied. CBC The arrival of two giant pandas from China today will likely generate a good deal of fanfare in Toronto, where the bears will be on display at the city zoo starting in mid-may. Excitement is a fairly common reaction to these odd and incredibly rare animals. But why do people seem so obsessed with pandas? It has an eerie, human-like appearance. Its two-tone colouring, including a white face punctuated by black ears and spots over its eyes, also adds to its unique look. Though much loved, there are only about 1, of them in the wild, and around in captivity, most in China. One of the most high-profile exchanges occurred in, when China loaned panda bears to the U. Zoo officials often pin high hopes on the arrival of the bears, expecting a boost in visitor attendance. But pandas do not come cheap. He said zoos can often expect a surge in visitors during the first year, but that can taper off. Part of the expense for keeping pandas is a result of their unique diet. Despite being classed as carnivores, pandas subsist almost exclusively on bamboo, which offers little in the way of calories. The animals must consume a large amount of it â between 12 and 40 kilograms a day â and spend between 10 and 16 hours each day foraging and eating. Another biological quirk of the animals is that females are only able to become pregnant during a to hour window once a year. So there is often a lot of media hype when the animals are expected to breed, a notoriously difficult encounter to arrange while the pandas are in captivity. To help stimulate the endeavour, officials have reportedly tried using Viagra. Found on only a handful of mountain ranges Pandas are also closely associated with conservation on a global level, in part because the World Wildlife Fund uses the animal as its logo, Nicholls said. The organization says the primary threat facing the animals is a degraded and restricted habitat, although efforts by the Chinese government to protect some areas has possibly led to an increase in their population over the last few years. A portion of the loan money paid to the Chinese government is supposed to go towards conservation efforts, Nicholls said. Still wild animals Despite the widespread love for pandas and their cute appearance, some visitors in the past have forgotten that they are still wild animals. There have been a small number of panda attacks in China after people climbed into pens to get a closer look at the animals, or even tried to touch them. Although there have been no such incidences at the Memphis Zoo, or any incidences outside of China, it seems, Doty said pandas need to be loved from afar. Page 1

2 Chapter 2 : A Closer Look At Baby Panda - CBS News A closer look at bears and pandas (A Closer look book) [Susannah Cook] on calendrierdelascience.com *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Are pandas related to bears and are raccoons? There was some confusion about this for a while. Scientists put living things in groups to help us organize what we know about the millions of species on Earth. Not everything fits neatly into the groups scientists have created. Pandas are in the animal kingdom, along with all of the other living things that get their energy from eating and are made of more than one cell. Worms, insects, and sponges are animals too. They are vertebrates, along with all the animals that have a skull and a backbone. Fish and frogs are vertebrates too. They are mammals members of the class Mammalia because they have hair and their mothers give milk. Mice and deer are mammals too. They are in the order Carnivora because they have a certain set of teeth and because they are closely related to other carnivores. Cats and otters are carnivores too. You probably know that raccoons and bears are actually not carnivorous. Most are omnivorous and eat both plants and animals. Pandas, as you probably know, are strict vegetarians. To answer your question, for a long time people have disagreed about whether giant pandas and red pandas were bears or raccoons. Until some new technology came along, they mostly had to look at bones and teeth. Scientists have used DNA to find out that the giant panda is more closely related to the other bears than to the raccoons. Giant pandas are in the family Ursidae with the seven other bear species. Raccoons are in the family Procyonidae along with ring-tails and coatis. The bear family and raccoon family are closely related. Red pandas often called lesser pandas are now put in the raccoon family. Scientists will have to keep working to find new information to figure out if that is where they belong. That is how science works. We keep trying to get more information and keep our minds open for new answers. I guess it depends on what you mean by "related", but I took your question to mean "Are these three animals in the same family? If two organisms are in the same species, they are about as closely related as two individuals can get without sharing relatives. Animals start to get pretty closely related at the level of family. Pandas, bears and raccoons are all mammals and they all share the same order Carnivora, so they are all related to each other to some extent. The classification that they share is: From there, bears are split into the Family Ursidae and raccoons into the Family Procyonidae. OK, so where do pandas fit in? Pandas are in the Family Ursidae, and are considered true bears. There seems to be some misinformation floating around the web that pandas are more closely related to raccoons than bears. Although scientists first thought this was the case, it is not considered true anymore. Although they share the same order, bears and raccoons do not share the same family. The only other animal in North America in the same family as the raccoon is something called the coatimundi. By the way, do you know what the classification system is for humans? Humans are mammals, so we are in the same class as pandas, bears and raccoons. Our full classification for humans is: The giant panda species Ailuropoda melanoleuca, the large black and white animal that most people think of and is found in zoos is part of the bear family. Click Here to return to the search form. Page 2

3 Chapter 3 : Bear necessities: A closer look at panda diplomacy - The Scotsman Auto Suggestions are available once you type at least 3 letters. Use up arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+up arrow) and down arrow (for mozilla firefox browser alt+down arrow) to review and enter to select. Flickr 3 of 34 Pandas can grow to be feet tall at the shoulder, feet in length, and up to pounds. Flickr 5 of 34 Wild pandas have in fact been known to eat small rodents and even musk deer fawns. Flickr 6 of 34 Whether eating small creatures or bamboo, pandas make use of the largest molars of any mammalian carnivore on earth. Flickr 8 of 34 Because of its extremely inefficient digestive system, an adult panda must spend hours per day foraging and eating. Flickr 9 of 34 Uniquely, pandas eat while sitting upright, in a position resembling the way a human would sit on a floor. Pixabay 10 of 34 This seated position allows them to grasp bamboo, with the help of another unique adaptation, their "pseudo thumb," actually an elongated wrist bone. Flickr 11 of 34 Over the course of the hours of eating each day, a panda will consume pounds of bamboo. Flickr 13 of 34 Although they spend so much time resting and sleeping, pandas are relatively unique among bears in that they do not hibernate. Flickr 14 of 34 And despite their largely sedentary lifestyle, pandas are skilled climbers and swimmers. Flickr 15 of 34 Pandas may climb as high as 13, feet up into surrounding mountains in search of food. Flickr 16 of 34 The giant panda first appeared toward the end of the Pliocene epoch, between 2 and 3 million years ago. Flickr 19 of 34 Some schools of traditional Eastern medicine claimed that drinking panda urine could melt accidentally swallowed needles. Flickr 20 of 34 According to the Smithsonian National Zoo, "pandas can be as dangerous as any other bear. Flickr 22 of 34 Because of its numerous differences from most other bears, the panda was long thought to actually be a closer relative of the raccoon. Some speculate that it provides camouflage in their snowy and rocky habitat. Flickr 24 of 34 Due to dwindling habitats, there are less than 2, pandas left in the wild and only about in captivity. Flickr 25 of 34 Without human intervention, pandas will become extinct. Flickr 27 of 34 Furthermore, captive pandas exhibit great reluctance to mate. Scientists have shown pandas pornography and given them Viagra to combat this problem. Thus, all who work with pandas there must wear panda suits. Flickr 33 of 34 This increase also comes courtesy of the 67 panda reserves now in existence throughout China. Flickr 34 of Page 3

4 Chapter 4 : The Giant Panda Debate: bear or raccoon? HowStuffWorks Get this from a library! A closer look at bears and pandas. [Susannah Cook; Richard Orr] -- Describes the characteristics of bears and pandas, large mammals mainly found in North America and northeast Asia with an acute sense of smell. But animal classification is a surprisingly inexact science. Giant pandas are just such an example. This instinct is understandable -- after all, the giant panda looks a lot like a bear. He promptly changed its name and put it into its own category. In fact, this tug-of-war over whether the giant panda is closer to a bear or to a red panda has been going on for several decades. Is it a little bear or a big raccoon? Similarities to a red panda: Both giant and red pandas eat bamboo, grip bamboo the same way and share similar snout, teeth and paw features, as well as a distinct resemblance [source: Similarities to a bear: Obviously, the giant panda strikes many as a bear because it has a very similar shape and size. But the giant panda also shares the characteristic shaggy fur and walks and climbs like a bear [source: It might be possible that the giant panda and red panda developed similar bamboo-related features such as grip separately as a result of a coincidentally shared diet, a process known as convergent evolution. On the other hand, perhaps a similar process of convergent evolution explains their resemblance to bears. Some have even argued that we need to revisit the classification of the red panda to see if it is accurately grouped with raccoons. Since the development of DNA technology, scientists have pursued these avenues to answer these questions. Some DNA studies have shown that the giant panda is closer to the bear family while the red panda is indeed closer to the raccoon family. Nevertheless, these results are inconclusive, and the argument remains unresolved. Or, we could take a cue from George B. Schaller, author of "The Last Panda," who prefers that the giant panda retain its mystery and individuality, saying, "the panda is a panda" [source: Raccoons go through a similar kind of torpor, as they may sometimes come out on warm days to eat and drink. Page 4

5 Chapter 5 : A Closer Look Mystery Shopping Company A Closer Look A Closer Look At Bears And Pandas A Closer Look Book Red panda wikipedia, the red panda (ailurus fulgens), also called the lesser panda, the red bear cat, and the red cat bear is a mammal native to the eastern himalayas. Why are we fascinated with pandas? The arrival of two giant pandas from China today will likely generate a good deal of fanfare in Toronto, where the bears will be on display at the city zoo starting in mid-may. Excitement is a fairly common reaction to these odd and incredibly rare animals. But why do people seem so obsessed with pandas? Mar 25, 5: March 25, Two giant pandas arrive from China Monday morning, for a year stay, first in Toronto and then on to Calgary. Read about the panda visit to Toronto Two of the most popular answers to that question point towards their unusual behaviour and markings, as well as their endangered status. It has an eerie, human-like appearance. Its two-tone colouring, including a white face punctuated by black ears and spots over its eyes, also adds to its unique look. Though much loved, there are only about 1, of them in the wild, and around in captivity, most in China. Japan received a pair of giant pandas in the months after the earthquake and tsunami. Zoo officials often pin high hopes on the arrival of the bears, expecting a boost in visitor attendance. But pandas do not come cheap. He said zoos can often expect a surge in visitors during the first year, but that can taper off. Part of the expense for keeping pandas is a result of their unique diet. Despite being classed as carnivores, pandas subsist almost exclusively on bamboo, which offers little in the way of calories. The animals must consume a large amount of it â between 12 and 40 kilograms a day â and spend between 10 and 16 hours each day foraging and eating. Another biological quirk of the animals is that females are only able to become pregnant during a to hour window once a year. So there is often a lot of media hype when the animals are expected to breed, a notoriously difficult encounter to arrange while the pandas are in captivity. To help stimulate the endeavour, officials have reportedly tried using Viagra. Found on only a handful of mountain ranges Pandas are also closely associated with conservation on a global level, in part because the World Wildlife Fund uses the animal as its logo, Nicholls said. The organization says the primary threat facing the animals is a degraded and restricted habitat, although efforts by the Chinese government to protect some areas has possibly led to an increase in their population over the last few years. A portion of the loan money paid to the Chinese government is supposed to go towards conservation efforts, Nicholls said. Still wild animals Despite the widespread love for pandas and their cute appearance, some visitors in the past have forgotten that they are still wild animals. There have been a small number of panda attacks in China after people climbed into pens to get a closer look at the animals, or even tried to touch them. Although there have been no such incidences at the Memphis Zoo, or any incidences outside of China, it seems, Doty said pandas need to be loved from afar. Chapter 6 : UCSB Science Line Bears And Pandas A Closer Look At Keywords: Link Dwonload Bears And Pandas A Closer Look At,Read File Bears And Pandas A Closer Look At pdf live, Where I can. Chapter 7 : Pandas are adorable, and Marbles has new 3D IMAX movie to prove it :: calendrierdelascience DOWNLOAD BEARS AND PANDAS A CLOSER LOOK AT bears and pandas a pdf There are two phylogenetic hypotheses on the relationships among extant and fossil bear spcies. Chapter 8 : Sorry, this content is not available in your region. Buy Bears and Pandas (A Closer Look at) on calendrierdelascience.com FREE SHIPPING on qualified orders. Chapter 9 : A Closer Look: The Flash â â œkiller Frostâ The Insightful Panda Page 5

6 Pandas became a potent symbol of conservation in, when the World Wildlife Fund adopted the bear as its official logo and were, at a time when China was an international persona non grata, a. Page 6