It is black and white and fluffy and fuzzy, and it walks upright, unassisted—which is odd for a teddy bear of any species or size.
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Lumbering down the grassy mountainside in southwestern China—being careful not to slip—is a giant panda teddy bear.
Lumbering down the grassy mountainside in southwestern China—being careful not to slip—is a giant panda teddy bear. It is black and white and fluffy and fuzzy, and it walks upright, unassisted—which is odd for a teddy bear of any species or size.
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A newborn panda cub is exceptionally fragile: weighing only four ounces, blind, hairless, unable to walk (or crawl or scoot), unable to feed itself, and, somewhat surprisingly, unable to poop by itself (which can prove deadly).
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the territory in an administrative district of a nation
A giant panda in the Wolong Nature Reserve in Sichuan Province, China.
Note: this is a sentence from a photo caption which is perfectly OK. It is also OK that the word Province is capitalized — our definition matches it. Also note the word "Reserve" — this word was not chosen originally for lists but other words have to cut from this list (spruce, for example), then this would be a good word to have a substitution to even out the number of words per list. Put the word on the same line as "province" on the sheet in case you want to add it after reviewing list.
Eventually, though, she secures her newborn in the den and heads back to the bamboo thicket to feast—crucial for her own survival as well as her cub’s.
Eventually, though, she secures her newborn in the den and heads back to the bamboo thicket to feast—crucial for her own survival as well as her cub’s.
Resting on the forest floor, surrounded by her main food source, and munching contentedly, she is completely unaware of the precarious situation she is in—that her whole species is in.
Vulnerable, and at risk of becoming extinct in the wild.
If the previous sentence is the one above (for vulnerable), it's preferred to copy and paste it for both words, meaning the sentence for "vulnerable" and "extinct" should be:
She is unaware of just how few pandas are left in the world, unaware that the giant panda—so rare and beautiful and beloved—is vulnerable. Vulnerable, and at risk of becoming extinct in the wild.
(This explains why the panda bear doesn’t hibernate.)
This sentence needs more context. It happens to be the previous sentence for "nutrient" so this should be treated like "vulnerable" and "extinct" above:
Because of bamboo’s low nutrient value, a panda must eat between twenty and forty pounds a day, even in winter, to gain the nutrition it needs. (This explains why the panda bear doesn’t hibernate.)
The problem with this diet (aside from being difficult to digest) is that bamboo plants have periodic massive flowering periods—followed by massive die-offs.
This sentence is OK as is. It would be fine to add more context but it isn't necessary.
When these die-offs occur, the pandas’ source of food in an area completely and instantly disappears—putting the pandas in grave danger if they cannot locate more bamboo within their habitat.
the type of environment in which an organism normally lives
When these die-offs occur, the pandas’ source of food in an area completely and instantly disappears—putting the pandas in grave danger if they cannot locate more bamboo within their habitat.
Pandas particularly like the umbrella, arrow, and golden bamboo varieties.
This word should be deleted from the list because we don't even have the relevant definition for this, let alone the term "umbrella bamboo" in the dxy.
Created on Tue Oct 01 15:54:15 EDT 2024
(updated Tue Oct 29 11:59:42 EDT 2024)
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