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Giant Pandas
• Giant pandas measure up to four feet
tall and weigh up to 245 pounds.
• Newborn pandas are the size of a stick
of butter.
• Pandas are vegetarians that survive almost
entirely on bamboo.
• Pandas eat more than 80 pounds of bamboo
every day.
• The average life span of a panda in the
wild is 10 to 15 years.
• Only about 1,600 pandas are still living
in the wild today.
Where do they live? Why are they endangered? • Loss of habitat
• Poaching, or illegal hunting
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