Panda Bears Vs. Environment

With a touch of humor, geology, evolutionary theory, biology, cartoon characters and even some references to baseball, The Panda’s Thumb definitely makes excellent reading for people with all types of interests. The old cliché, “Don’t judge a book by its cover,” or in this case, title, holds true for The Panda’s Thumb. Theories concerning adaptations of the panda are only a fraction of the many exciting facts held within the pages of this publication. Gould is able to put what he writes about in words that are easy to understand without compromising the quality of the information. Many questions are raised in this book. Some questions that science just can’t answer at the

The population of pandas has been decreasing rapidly since 1990. Habitat loss and poaching are the two major reasons for the pandas becoming on the brink of extinction. Humans have been destroying the forests in which pandas live for decades now, causing them to have to relocate to regions they were not familiar with. Losing their natural habitat meant that they also lost their main food source. Pandas would starve causing hundreds to die.

According to a reliable website” The giant panda is a well known and well-loved species that is being driven to extinction by habitat loss. It has become one of the most endangered mammals in the world, with only 1,600 of them left” (Exploring nature education). Also According to another credible website about polar bears, “Polar bears might not be endangered but they are one category off of becoming endangered, there are 20,000-25,000 left worldwide” (animalpawnation).As you can see the Giant panda is classified as endangered. There are only about 1,600 left in the world. 1,600 may be a lot but surprisingly not to many scientists and researchers. On the other hand polar bears are classified as threatened one step away from becoming endangered. There are only about 20,000- 25,000 left worldwide.Other than being endangered and threatened they also share many similar characteristics. The giant panda and polar bear are both similar and different in their physical qualities, habitat, and diet.

The Qinling giant pandas are a slowly diminishing species. If left unprotected they will eventually become extinct. Fan, Li, Quan, Wu, Hu, and Yang investigated the effects of road construction on endangered Qinling giant pandas. Road construction can greatly affect the environment. According to the article, the harmful effects of roadway expansion “extend to an area ten times broader than the roadway itself” (Fan et al., 2011, p. 145). It can cause harmful chemicals to contaminate water sources and food supplies. Subsequently, road construction isolates species from one another, and this in turn “blocks gene flow…, which steeply [decreases] genetic diversity” (Fan et al., 2011, p. 145). On the other hand, road networks can isolate these species from their main water source and/or food supply. The giant panda’s only food source is bamboo. Bamboo is a fickle plant that grows in certain habitats, under pristine conditions. Therefore, becoming isolated from bamboo forestry is detrimental to their survival. Researchers investigated the “impact of road construction on giant panda’s habitat and its carrying capacity in the Qinling Mountains” (Fan et al., 2011, p. 145).

Red pandas are endangered due to deforestation. Their natural habitat is being destroyed by people wishing to spread agriculture and people who fell trees for

I can tell you the main connection between the section "Endangered Pandas" and the section "Saving the Panda through Ecotourism." The main connection is that in "Endangered Pandas" it tells where the Pandas are, and where they are moved to, and in "Saving the Panda through Ecotourism" it tells how the country get the money to do those things. According to the text, some pandas are moved to a zoo or a safe ecosystem and the Ecotourism help pay for that. The pandas need fresh grass and bamboo trees put into their protected ecosystem, so when the tourist go to visit the pandas they buy the tickets, and their money go towards the panda's

Both pandas eat bamboo stalks. A bamboo stalk does not give enough nutrition to satisfy the panda’s needs, so the panda needs to eat 40 kilograms of bamboo every day. There is not much difference between the two pandas’ diets, except that giant pandas will eat meat is there is no other

If the trend continues Red Pandas will be extinct by 2050 in China. Since Red Pandas do not live long, around 10 years, it is hard to establish a definite population. Before the rapid influx of humans into the Red Pandas natural habitat, these shy and delicate animals had a stable population. Through human interactions much changed. Habitats started being destroyed and humans started killing and capturing Red Pandas. Fortunately, organizations started to take notice and the population of Red Pandas has been stabilized for the moment. National parks were created to stop the sharp decline. As well, there has been great success at reproduction in

Since eating bamboo gives panda such little nutrition and calories, they can’t store enough fat to go into hibernation during the winter, and

Although, the Population of Giant Pandas has increased, researchers are concerned about the decrease they will have in the future. Researchers believe change in climate will have a great impact on the animal’s bamboo habitat. Stacks states,

Many problems and threats like habitat lost and fragment , logging , hunting, road building and low birthrate or giant panda. These problems are being treated by the China government correctly and strictly. Habitat lost and fragment , made panda travels for food. So, China had made some tunnels that go for 11 miles. In the tunnels, there is bamboo for panda and water. The tunnels mostly connect the divided habitat and fragment habitat together for panda to move from place to place. In 1998, China had made the rules ,more strict by completely banned logging and hunting for fur. China had also made a census to count the panda in the wilderness, and China are keeping track of the population , in the year 1974 to the year 1977, Ministry of forest of China carried out a census, which estimated that only 2459 panda are still living in the wild, alerting the government to the government the precarious of the position of the species(WWF). China goverment also help with low birthrate by open up many zoo and animal center to help the panda giving birth. Usually, new born panda only live until the most of two years. Therefore, panda are protected and cared by the Chinese government. Until now , Giant panda are increasing slowly but surely by these

Giant Panda Bears (Aliuropoda melanoleuca) are by far the cutest mammal alive and can be the most stubborn when it deals with certain behaviors. Panda are considered to become extinct due to the fact that they are starving because bamboo is dying and they take a long time to germinate (National geographic 2016). In order to save the species from becoming extinct, some Giant Panda Bears are captured so they can mate with other Panda Bear to produce more offspring. One may think that the panda bears that are kept in captivity can easily mate with other panda bear but that is not the case. Giant Panda bears are particular when it comes to their partners and if one Giant Panda bear does not like the other bear, they will show no interest in mating

One of the endangered species in the world, Giant pandas, are mostly located in China, but they can be found in many other zoos in the world. For example, there is a giant panda named Mei Xiang at the National Zoo in Washington, D.C, who actually just gave birth to her baby cub in 2013. China first started giving pandas to other countries, with no strings attached until the 1950’s and decided to make a profit out of lending pandas to other countries. The Chinese government took advantage of the popularity of the pandas and created relationships with other countries in the world. China and the US naturally formed a relationship after China offered the giant pandas to show their gratitude to President Nixon after visiting their country. But China

Giant pandas are among the rarest mammals in the world. There are probably less than 1,000 left in the wild. Although adult giant pandas have few natural enemies, the young are sometimes preyed upon by leopards. Habitat encroachment and destruction are the greatest threats to the continued existence of the giant panda. This is mainly because of the demand for land and natural resources by China's 1 billion inhabitants. To offset this situation, the Chinese government has set aside 11 nature preserves where bamboo flourishes and giant pandas are known to live.

Last summer, the International Union for Conservation of Nature officially upgraded the giant panda from ‘endangered’ to ‘vulnerable.’ This good news, though, came on the same day that four of the remaining six great ape species were listed as ‘critically endangered’ while the other two teeter on the brink of extinction. Though I have real fears about the rate of animal extinction being driven by