Giant pandas are near extinction due to loss of bamboo habitat. They spend most of their day eating bamboo and can consume over 10,000 pounds per year. Classified as vulnerable, giant pandas are protected under Chinese law and studied by scientists to help support the remaining populations.

2. Giant Pandas
Giant pandas are among the most beautiful and rare
animals in the world.
Giant pandas love to play.
Giant pandas can spend up to 16 hours eating
bamboo.
Giant pandas can only live in places where there is
enough bamboo to eat.

3. Giant Pandas #2
Giant pandas are near the top of everybody’s list of favorite animals
When giant pandas are fully grown they can be almost 5 feet long and they
usually weigh over 200 pounds
It is against the law in China to harm a giant panda in any way
Giant pandas need very big and strong teeth to chew bamboo because
bamboo is very tough
Most giant pandas are born in dens in hollow trees
Giant pandas are among the most endangered animals on earth because
there is not enough bamboo to eat

4. Giant Pandas #3
When one type of bamboo dies then all of the bamboo
near it dies too.
A bamboo plant lives for 40-80 years.
The scientists in China like to study giant pandas and
what they eat.
Giant pandas can eat more than 10,000 pounds of
bamboo a year!

5. Dogs and Traditions
The Chinese dye the fur of their chow chow dogs and their
golden lab dogs to resemble giant pandas and tigers.
The people who saw the dogs thought they were so cute
that they would not stop taking pictures of them.
One summer in China there was a dog fur dying
competition.
The dogs do not really like it but they have to deal with it.

6. Goldfish
The Chinese are thought to be the first goldfish
breeders.
The Chinese traditionally liked to keep goldfish
as pets.
Goldfish are common household pets in China.
Goldfish can theoretically grow to any size.
No matter how different goldfish look they all are
the same species.

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Chinese Birds
It is common to see people in China with cloth
covered bird cages in parks taking their pet birds
for “walks”.
Pet birds need fresh air once in a while.
The Chinese enjoy bird singing competitions .
The contests are often held on Sunday mornings.
The winners are the birds who can sing the most
songs in 15 minutes.

8. How the Chinese care for
their pets
Chinese pet owners spend about 2 US billion
dollars on theirs pets each year.
In some places in China people are allowed to
throw their cats or dogs in the street if they don’t
want them any more.
Some people in China buy pet monkeys and use
them for entertainment.