High in dense bamboo forests in the misty mountains of southwestern China lives one of the world’s rarest mammals: the panda. Panda feed mainly on bamboo shoots and leaves. Occasionally they eat other plants, fish or small animals. Panda eat fast and they eat a lot. They spend about 12 hours a day doing it.
Pandas are in extreme danger today. There are only about 600 of these black-and - white bears in the wild and a hundred in captivity. One of the reasons is that the survival rate of the cubs is very low: more than half of them die shortly after birth. The Chinese government is considering cloning the panda in their efforts to save this animal.
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