Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Animal of the Week

Pandas




Giant pandas live in a few mountain ranges in central China's Sichuan, Shaanxi, and Gansu provinces. They once lived in lowland areas, but farming, forest clearing, and other development now restrict giant pandas to the mountains. Giant pandas live in broadleaf and coniferous forests with a dense understory of bamboo, at elevations between 5,000 and 1o,ooo feet. Torrential rains or dense mist throughout the year characterizes these forests, often shrouded in heavy clouds.

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