Why Is Pandas Important To Our Ecosystem

There are many ways to make a connection between "Endangered Pandas" and "Saving the Panda through Ecotourism." It can be by the central idea, genre, word choices, or even its tone and mood. I believe that the main connection between the passages is their central idea. The central idea of both passages is that pandas are getting endangered and how the pandas now live their lives.

This species of panda is around the size of a cat, and its habitat is the mountainous slopes of the Himalayas. It typically eats fruit such as berries from where it lives in the mountains. This panda also loves to eat bamboo and other things like eggs. This panda is a very beautiful maroon colored layered fur and has one stripe on its face. Unfortunately, this specie of panda is actually endangered due to habitat loss. The skin type of this panda is soft and thick fur covering its whole body.

Pandas have undergone an interesting history as they evolved from their Kretzoiarctos beatrix ancestors. They look a lot different than they did before. They’ve evolved to now have six toes, which help it eat different types of bamboo. Thanks to the bamboo, its adaptations have changed, along with the panda itself.

Unfortunately, for the panda bear they are on a endangered list. There are several reasons that it is difficult for the survival of these bears. The females can ovulate during the Spring time, which becomes a very small window for growth. They are literally only able to ovulate 2-3 days a year. That's right. So, this is already a challenge for them. Plus, the female panda can only give birth to 2 and 1 usually dies.

Ever since the trees got chop down the pandas population is going down the hole state has over billion people. Everything when roads are made,homes,cities,and even farms. They even,plant trees, and other resources. The giant panda shrank as trees has grow. The panda habit was decreased by a haft between 1972 and 1985.

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 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, small mammals related to pandas that live in the himalayas, are the animal I will be telling you all about in this report. The reason I chose the red panda is because they are cute and look very interesting. In this paper, I will be describing the red panda's habitat, there interesting body and their diet.

Wild giant pandas eat grass, wild fruit, insects, mice, even lambs in the surrounding villages and leftovers in trash cans as well. In addition to eating for about half a day,

According to Plasket, a panda's diet consist mainly of bamboo, considering that they eat 40 pounds of it a day (Plasket)! With each panda eating all this bamboo every day, they are speedily decreasing bamboo forest sizes and growth. Bamboo is a very sensitive plant, so when global warming started to become a problem, so did bamboo forest sizes. With an average temperature increase of three degrees fahrenheit, by the end of the century approximately ninety percent of bamboo will be gone. Another reason for the plant decrease is because people chop it down.

The Red Panda is actually an Omnivore; it has a dirt of eggs as well as bamboo

Due to the lack of knowledge about this species, the red panda was first recorded by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (and Natural Resources,) also known as IUCN, as Vulnerable in 1994. Shortly after this revelation there was an increase in interest, by conservationists, to pursue additional information and protection for this species. In 1996, the red panda was assessed and digressed to the Endangered status; the species remained that way for 12 years until another assessment was taken, and showed improvement in 2008, recording the red panda as Vulnerable once again. Unfortunately, due to an increase of human activity on the red panda habitat has spurred another decline in the population for the red panda. Angela Glatston, a red panda expert, assisted in the evaluation of the red panda for the IUCN in 2015; Glatston concluded her study and wrote via an email interview. “There is a structured form to complete which asks for information on distribution, numbers, threats, etc. Then I looked at criteria for status. The information on red panda suggested endangered so that was my recommendation. This report and recommendation are reviewed by the IUCN, and in this case they were accepted (2016).” As of April 2015, according to the IUCN, the red panda has returned to its status as

Overall now that you have a more precise intuition on what pandas are, what they do, and why there are endangered. What that in mind the next time you stumble across an panda, clear those thoughts on having panda for dinner and instead fill them with thoughts on how to save from becoming extinct.

Now, it has been a huge debate on whether the panda has some smarts or not. Some people say yes, while others say they aren’t. First off there are two pandas. The wild panda, and the captive panda. The wild panda is very different and has more knowledge when feeding, defending, and reproducing. Pandas have been around for about 20 million years so they must be doing something right in order t live so long. So, I believe that pandas are truly intelligent.

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.