the giant panda
This is a picture of a modern day giant panda.
Facts about modern day giant pandas
Giant Pandas are native to China. Today, they live in mountain ranges in central China, Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. Giant Pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense understory with elevations of 5,000 to 10,000 feet. Their habitat is shrouded in heavy clouds.
Their diet consists of 99% bamboo, other grasses, and occasional small rodents or musk deer fawns. 90% of their water comes from bamboo.
During the Winter, the humongous wooly coat on the Panda keeps them warm, but they won't want that for long. The large molars in the back of Giant Pandas mouths makes it easier to eat strong bamboo. Giant Pandas today have adaptations that make their life so much easier. A sixth thumb is provided for grasping food. Their strong back leg muscles they have today will become very helpful in the future.
Their diet consists of 99% bamboo, other grasses, and occasional small rodents or musk deer fawns. 90% of their water comes from bamboo.
During the Winter, the humongous wooly coat on the Panda keeps them warm, but they won't want that for long. The large molars in the back of Giant Pandas mouths makes it easier to eat strong bamboo. Giant Pandas today have adaptations that make their life so much easier. A sixth thumb is provided for grasping food. Their strong back leg muscles they have today will become very helpful in the future.
the day of devastation
' January 13th, 2139 was a devastating day in Shanghai, China. There was a huge tsunami that destroyed everything. Not only did the towns people flee, but the native giant pandas fled to an island off the coast before the tsumani came.
All the bamboo was ruined and crushed. The pandas hometown was destroyed, so they wanted to start a new life in a new place. They decided to go to the US, but there was a 7,233 mile overseas journey ahead.
All the bamboo was ruined and crushed. The pandas hometown was destroyed, so they wanted to start a new life in a new place. They decided to go to the US, but there was a 7,233 mile overseas journey ahead.
Over the years the pandas made it to another island but there was still 6,790 more miles to go. They had to get used to eating seaweed, clams, and some fish. In the paragraph above, remember how it said that the Giant Pandas back leg muscles would come in handy, well here's where they did.
Future Pandas
Told in the section above, the homeland belonging to Giant Pandas was destroyed. Now they have to adapt to a new enviornment. Traveling to the U.S. will be hard work, especailly traveling in water, so the pandas needed to grow fins in order to travel across large bodies of water.
In the middle of the ocean, theres not a lot of plants or bamboo for a panda to eat, so they had to get used to eating a larger portion of meat.
In order to swim that long and far, they need to become stronger and thin. Overtime, the pandas were starting to lose wait from swimming so much. Also the strong back leg muscles they already had helped them when traveling long distances.
Since the Giant Pandas were seperated from their species for so long, they werent able to mate anymore, so now the species of "Pandish" was born.
In the middle of the ocean, theres not a lot of plants or bamboo for a panda to eat, so they had to get used to eating a larger portion of meat.
In order to swim that long and far, they need to become stronger and thin. Overtime, the pandas were starting to lose wait from swimming so much. Also the strong back leg muscles they already had helped them when traveling long distances.
Since the Giant Pandas were seperated from their species for so long, they werent able to mate anymore, so now the species of "Pandish" was born.
This is what the Giant Panda will look like in the future.
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