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		Le nom latin scientifique du panda géant est Ailuropoda melanoleuca, melanoleuca signifiant "noir-blanc".
		Jusqu'à ce que sa relation avec le panda rouge ait été découverte en 1901, le panda géant était connu sous le nom de « parti-coloured bear ».
		Le panda géant est gros et massif; il pèse de 70 à 160 kg et mesure entre 1,2 et 1,5 m.
	fr.web-panda.com (365 words)

	Giant Pandas at the National Zoo - National Zoo\| FONZ
		Although panda gestation may range from three to six months (from insemination to birth), actual gestation is quite short, just 40 to 50 days (from implantation to birth).
		Giant pandas are fl and white bears that live in temperate-zone bamboo forests in central China.
		Giant pandas Mei Xiang and Tian Tian are at the National Zoo on a ten-year loan from the China Wildlife Conservation Association.
	nationalzoo.si.edu /Animals/GiantPandas (700 words)

	Panda bear pictures, information, facts, trivia
		Panda Bear : The Panda is a large mammal which is about the same size as a Black Bear.
		Giant pandas bears have a massive head, heavy body, short tail, rounded ears and plantigrade feet (i.e., both heel and toe make contact with the ground when walking in a manner similar to humans).
		Giant panda cubs are eating bamboo by the time they are 5 to 6 months old and are fully weaned by the time they are 9 months of age.
	www.indianchild.com /panda.htm (1132 words)

	Panda Trade
		Pandas are at the top of the list of "mega-charistmatic" animals, and the panda has become a symbol of threatened wildlife around the world.
		Pandas are notoriously hard to breed and therefore the only supply of pandas comes from their shrinking habitat in China.
		Panda's avoid activities such as tree climbing or sudden movements whenever possible; and resist the impulse to hunt smaller animals, perhaps for fear that the energy they expend in chasing them down will prove greater than the energy to be gained from eating them.
	www.american.edu /projects/mandala/TED/panda.htm (1848 words)

	Panda Bear
		The stronghold of the giant panda is the formidable fastness of the easter HImalayas near the Chinese-Tibetian border, a vast wilderness of jagged peaks thrusting 20,000 feet in the air above cavernous valleys and torrential mountain streams.
		The giant panda reaches a length from 120 to 150 centimeter and the weight of adults of animals varies from 75 to 160 kilograms, though like many bears they can climb trees to escape danger or take a nap and are especially adept at climbing when young.
		The panda remains one of the world's most mysterious creatures, nearly as baffling a subject of investigation in captivity as it is when free.
	www.bearplanet.org /pandabear.shtml (901 words)

	World Almanac for Kids
		PANDA, common name for either of two genera, Ailurus and Ailuropoda, of the family Procyanidae, which includes raccoons and kinkajous.
		The lesser panda, Ailurus fulgens, is similar to a large cat in size, with thick, reddish-brown fur; pointed ears; stout limbs; and plantigrade (flat) feet with partly retractile claws and woolly soles.
		Lesser pandas live in pairs and small groups in the bamboo forests—on which they feed—of the steep mountains in western China and in the Tibetan Himalayas.
	www.worldalmanacforkids.com /explore/animals/panda.html (255 words)

	ADW: Ailuropoda melanoleuca: Information
		km is panda habitat (Ward and Kynaston, 1995; Massicot, 2001).
		Giant pandas are well-known for their upright feeding position which leaves their forelegs free to handle the bamboo stalks.
		Giant pandas have several characteristics in common, like bamboo eating, with red pandas, who have sometimes been considered to be members of the raccoon family (but currently are also classified with bears).
	animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu /site/accounts/information/Ailuropoda_melanoleuca.html (1748 words)

	Pandas; Both the giant and the red panda are classified as carnivores (meat eaters),
		The giant pandas are known to eat 26 different plant species, but 99% of the giant pandas diet is made up of bamboo.
		Less work has been done on the red pandas diet, although it is believed that the red panda will eat Sorbus berries when in season, while in other parts of their territory they have been observed robbing nests of eggs and chicks.
		The red panda was the first of the specie to be exhibited alive in the west.
	www.planet-pets.com /plntpnda.htm (562 words)

	Animal Planet :: Panda Live Video Cam
		You are watching live images of Mei Xiang, a giant panda, and her cub, Tai Shan, at the Smithsonian's National Zoo in Washington, D.C. The cub was born at 3:41 a.m.
		The pandas are on loan to the zoo, which is part of the Smithsonian Institution, for ten years.
		April is Panda Month: Join the National Zoo and FONZ for a month-long celebration of Washington, D.C.'s most beloved family.
	animal.discovery.com /cams/pandavidr.html (378 words)

	Panda - Enchanted Learning Software
		The giant panda's life span in the wild has not been accurately documented, but Chinese scientists report that some pandas in zoos have lived to be 35 years old.
		Pandas are good tree climbers, using their short claws to grab onto the bark.
		The giant panda is considered a true bear (before recent genetic studies, it was thought to be a member of the raccoon family).
	www.enchantedlearning.com /subjects/mammals/panda (1302 words)

	YouTube - Sneezing Panda
		i think the panda kinda shit its self lol
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		It's 2x the fun because it's very cute and the sneeze shocks the mama panda!
	www.youtube.com /watch?v=FzRH3iTQPrk (398 words)

	San Diego Zoo Exhibit: Panda Cam at the Giant Panda Research Station
		Next to the public panda viewing area is the building that houses the Giant Panda Team, made up of the pandas' keepers and researchers who observe and study giant panda behavior in an effort to learn all we can about these endangered bears.
		On August 21, 1999, Bai Yun gave birth to Hua Mei, the first giant panda born in North America to survive to adulthood.
		Bamboo is grown on Zoo grounds and at several off-grounds locations to supply the pandas with their daily meals.
	www.sandiegozoo.org /zoo/ex_panda_station.html (530 words)

	Panda Babies
		Eight baby pandas were born in China in early August—hopeful news for a species threatened with extinction.
		A panda mother must carry her baby around very gently and take care of it until it is big enough to move around on its own.
		Panda cubs can walk on their own when they are about three months old.
	www.factmonster.com /spot/pandababies1.html (499 words)

	Animal Info - Giant Panda
		Already panda populations are small and isolated, confined to high ridges and hemmed in by cultivation.
		Panda pelts can bring two to three times the average annual income of a rural Chinese peasant in some Asian markets, and poaching was a serious problem in the past.
		The giant panda occurs in montane forests with dense stands of bamboo at altitudes of 2700 - 3900 m (8850 - 12,800').
	www.animalinfo.org /species/carnivor/ailumela.htm (2337 words)

	WWF \| Pandas \| Facts
		Pandas stand on their head and forelegs to place scent high up on tree trunks.
		The forepaws of the panda have an extra "thumb" which, when used in conjunction with its "forefingers," enables the panda to grasp even small bamboo shoots with precision.
		Pandas usually roam in the forest, but mothers will stay in caves or hollow trees when giving birth and remain there for three to four months after their babies are born.
	www.worldwildlife.org /pandas/facts.cfm (350 words)

	Giant Panda Stamps
		The giant panda remained unknown to Westerners until 1869 when native hunters brought French missionary Armand David a dead specimen.
		The scientific name for the giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, means "fl and white bear." Scientists debated for decades whether the giant panda was in fact a bear or was instead more closely related to the lesser panda and racoon.
		The giant panda has graced many postage stamps, in part because the panda appears in the official logo of the World Wildlife Fund (World Wide Fund for Nature or WWF).
	www.pibburns.com /cryptost/panda.htm (723 words)

	ABC-KID.com - Panda Pictures For Kids
		The panda bear was once lived throughout much of southern and eastern China and in neighbouring Myanmar and north Vietnam.
		Destruction of the panda's natural habitat is the major threat to the survival of the species.
		Because of this, panda migration is very difficult, leaving pandas restricted to islands of forest.
	www.abc-kid.com /panda (435 words)

	Panda
		Pandas are fl and white, and they are large animals.
		The word “panda” means bamboo eater; and that word came from Nepal, a country in the Himalayan Mountains of Asia.
		Pandas rely on their keen senses of smell and hearing to make up for its poor eye sight.
	members.tripod.com /~MMSKids/Panda.htm (683 words)

	Panda cub survives critical first day - Science - MSNBC.com
		Female giant panda Mei Xiang bonds with her newborn cub (outlined in white box) at the National Zoo in Washington on Saturday.
		WASHINGTON - Giant panda Mei Xiang appeared to be nursing her day-old cub on Sunday, a positive sign of survival for a tiny bear susceptible to malnutrition, bacterial infection and even the lumbering of its 250-pound mother.
		The National Zoo’s first panda cub in 16 years survived its initial 24 hours — a benchmark for pandas born in captivity — and continued to emit such a robust squeal that zoo officials were optimistic about the days ahead.
	www.msnbc.msn.com /id/8534378 (580 words)

	Panda gives birth to twins in Japan - USATODAY.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		TOKYO (AP) — Mei Mei, a giant panda from China, gave birth to twins at a zoo in western Japan, and the mother and babies were in good condition, a zoo official said Sunday.
		The baby pandas were born on Saturday at Adventure World in Wakayama, 280 miles southwest of Tokyo.
		The panda is one of the world's rarest animals, with about 1,590 living in the wild in China, mostly in Sichuan and the western province of Shaanxi.
	www.usatoday.com /news/world/2006-12-24-panda-twins_x.htm (265 words)

	WWF - Giant panda
		The giant panda is universally loved, and of course has a special significance for WWF as it has been the organization's symbol since it was formed in 1961.
		Giant pandas are classified as bears and have the digestive system of a carnivore, but they have adapted to a vegetarian diet and depend almost exclusively on bamboo as a food source.
		Panda habitat is found at the top of the Yangtze Basin, an ecoregion shared by both pandas and millions of people whose ancestors have utilized the region's natural resources for millenia.
	www.panda.org /about_wwf/what_we_do/species/our_solutions/endangered_species/giant_panda/index.cfm (613 words)

	Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca)
		The body of the giant panda is primarily white with distinctive fl coloration on its eyes, ears, legs, and shoulders.
		Most panda deaths in the wild are the result of leopards eating young pandas.
		Panda cubs stay with their mother for 18 months and then leave to live on their own.
	www.thebigzoo.com /Animals/Giant_Panda.asp (302 words)

	Evolution: The Panda's Thumb [Athro, Limited: Biology]
		The relationship of the giant panda to other carnivorans has been somewhat controversial, but it is now widely accepted that the giant panda is a close relative of bears.
		The "thumb" that underlies the thumb pad of the giant panda consists of a single bone that is not one of its normal digits.
		In either case, the panda's thumb is a contrivance that is an artifact of the history of the panda.
	www.athro.com /evo/pthumb.html (970 words)

	Pandas Theme, Gander Academy
		A fossilized lower jaw of a panda was excavated in the province of Puding Baiyanjiao Cave.
		Panda fossils have been found in Burma, Vietnam, and particularly in early in eastern China, as far north as Beijing.
		The giant panda, well known as a symbol of China, is used in the WWF logo, because it is the best known and loved of endangered species.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/panda.htm (1058 words)

	PONSACS
		The PANDA project began in 1988 as an attempt to systematically assess the incidence and impact of nonviolent struggle throughout the world.
		The PANDA project’s systematic analyses of nonviolent struggle began well before the largely nonviolent revolutions that spread throughout Eastern Europe in the late 1980s.
		Indeed, the PANDA project built upon the early, pioneering work of Gene Sharp, who was affiliated with Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs from the late 1960s through the early 1990s.
	www.wcfia.harvard.edu /ponsacs/research/PANDA_IDEA.htm (734 words)

	Pandas Theme, Gander Academy
		A fossilized lower jaw of a panda was excavated in the province of Puding Baiyanjiao Cave.
		Panda fossils have been found in Burma, Vietnam, and particularly in early in eastern China, as far north as Beijing.
		The giant panda, well known as a symbol of China, is used in the WWF logo, because it is the best known and loved of endangered species.
	www.stemnet.nf.ca /CITE/panda.htm (1058 words)

	Panda Mania : Panda Facts and Information
		There are very few Pandas left in the wild and zoologists have been largely unsuccessful in breeding them in captivity up to now.
		Pandas live in and around mountainous slopes and exist on a diet largely comprised of bamboo shoots.
		While we generally refer to pandas as "bears" there is much discussion around whether they are bears, raccoons or their own species.
	www.chinaunique.com /Panda/pandaedu.htm (884 words)

	Giant Panda Reservation & Research Centers (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the early 1990's it is known that approximately 140 giant pandas populated the reserve.
		Today, the Wolong Giant Panda Reserve Center has been turned into the Giant Panda Breeding Center focusing primarily on continuing studies of artificial breeding in the hopes that they may successfully achieve live births of giant pandas which, after the cub reaches maturity, will be released into the forests.
		Giant pandas that will soon be released back to the wild will be put in the semi-nature enclosures for a period of time sufficient enough for them to adapt to the natural environment.
	www.giantpandabear.com /DHTML/wolong.html (673 words)

	Baby Panda
		On August 21, 1999, Hua Mei, the first baby panda to be born in the western hemisphere since 1990, was born at the San Diego Zoo.
		Pandas' primary food is bamboo, but since their digestive systems can absorb only a little of the nutrition, they have to eat over 30 pounds a day.
		Pandas are very endangered because of the destruction of their environment and hunting by poachers for their fur.
	www.liu.edu /cwis/cwp/library/exhibits/panda/panda.htm (2763 words)

	Panda Bear (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Panda Bear is a probably the most famous Endangered Animal.
		The Panda is a large mammel which is about the same size as a Black Bear.
		Until people relize that Pandas are such great creatures and that they deserve home, the Pandas will be in danger of exticntion.
	www.worldkids.net /eac/panda.html (965 words)

	Pandas: Animal Information, Pictures, Map--National Geographic Kids (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Giant pandas used to be able to move quite easily from one mountaintop to another in search of food.
		Pandas are shy; they don’t venture into areas where people live.
		And sometimes, when all the bamboo in their area dies off naturally, pandas starve because they’re unable to move to new areas where other bamboo species thrive.
	www.nationalgeographic.com /kids/creature_feature/0011/pandas2.html (375 words)

	Animal Info - Red Panda
		The red panda (which is much smaller than the giant panda) resembles a raccoon in size and appearance.
		The red panda lives in forests with a bamboo understory, at altitudes generally between 1500 and 4800 m (5000 - 15,700'); however, it lives at 700 - 1400 m (2300 - 4600') in Meghalaya, India.
		A female red panda uses a tree hollow, branch fork, tree root, bamboo thicket or rock crevice for a maternal den, which she fashions and lines with branches, leaves, moss and other plant material.
	www.animalinfo.org /species/carnivor/ailufulg.htm (1712 words)

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