what is a panda's adaptation?
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They adapt to their surroundings... where they live, the animals around them, the plantlife, the food they eat, the climate, etc.\n\nHere is a bunch of info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panda_bear . You can find the specific details to each thing I listed.
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An individual domestic pig released into the wild won't change. What it looks like has already been set by its genes.\n\nHowever if domestic pigs are allowed to breed in the wild then over many generations the population will start to take on the characteristics of wild pigs. That is because the form and behaviour of the wild pig is much better suited too survival in the wild. Those pigs that show the traits of the wild ancestor will survive longer and have more young and slowly the population will evolve into something much more closely resembling the wild ancestor.
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Since a Panda is Usually classified in the bear (ursidae) family, the young pandas are CUBS.\n\nThere was a debate about if they were on the bear or racoon family, but genetic testing proved they belong to the Ursidae.\n\nThe red panda is still debated if it belongs to the ursidae, the racoon ( Procyonidae ) or if they belong on a category of their own (Ailuridae)
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Check with the Panda Express.
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Giant pandas eat a diet of bamboo.But captive pandas eat vegetables too.They eat different parts of the plant depending on the time of year. In the summer and autumn, pandas munch mostly on leaves. Winter means a diet of tough stems. Spring provides tender, young bamboo shoots.\nBecause bamboo does not provide enough vitamins, a panda needs to consume a large amount of food — up to 20kg of bamboo each day. To get enough food, a panda must spend 10 to 16 hours a day foraging and eating.\n\nThey have no problem eating wood because they have exceptionally strong jaws and teeth to crush the wood.The front teeth are knife shaped to tear and cut the bamboo.The four pairs of molars or back teeth grind the Bamboo into peices.They have strong forelimbs n paws which also help in eating the stems of Bamboo.
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With great difficulty. Penguins tend to huddle together to stay warm. Polar bears have black skin and hollow quill like fur that collects sun energy like a solar water heater. Nature has adapted many polar animals, and even Eskimos with unique abilities that are very individualized for survival.\nGreat question!
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Pandas are not extint, but endangered. Right now there are about 1,000 left in the wild. Before there were many people in China, Pandas lived through-out China. If you need more information please e-mail me at scarbro002005@yahoo.com
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Hey Bud, have you ever taken a class in evolution?\n\n"You're logic is flawed. There is plenty of evidence to show small adaptations within a species. These small variations enable animals to adapt to their environments.\n\nBut to go from that to changes from one species to another is quite a blind leap of faith and poor science as well. " Poor science according to who?\n\nHow many small variations does it take to turn one species into another?  A few small genetic variations make slight changes in organisms.... a few more make more changes... a few more make even more changes, and eventually enough of these little changes of added up so that the 2 groups of organisms are no longer able to interbreed. Thus, a new species - evolution at work.\n\nPoor science is when people who have not studied evolution try to disprove it. You come up with some pretty wacky ideas. Evolution is not something that animals do on purpose to improve. There is no plan, purpose, or goal to evolution. An animal that adapts to his environment (after he is already born) like your example is NOT evolution. Evolution affects populations, not individuals, and it does not 'occur' after an organism is born. Evolution only occurs when the gene frequency in the population is changed, through natural selection, random mutation, drift, etc.
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Yes they do. They make bleats and babies whimper. You can listen here: http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/t-giant_panda.html
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Most if not all species face extinction. the question is thus what is the fate of the Panda sibling species.\nalas with no clear ability to switch habitat and food, and with the destruction of their existig habitat and isolated inbreeding 9they are not inbreeding tolerant) the fate is likely extinction of that particyular gene pool line\n\nBut cheer up, the end might be in sight as humans are only a transient blip on this planet. Their extinction is essentially guaranteed (daft non-recombining X / Y system for example)  the only questions are when (UNKNOWN) and will it be just the species with survival of postcestors (no noticed difference), or the exctinction of all sibling species and thus end of the line
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I have to wonder about your fascination w/ Pandas? Maybe its their simplicity, the black and white color, the robust form, or its innocent relaxing attitude. When Pandas are extinct I know you will miss them but it wont happen in your lifetime. China will miss their #1 mascot and will have to find another one.  Mankind will add another beautiful animal to our list of casualties and greed. Children will learn about them in textbooks the way we do about do do birds and wonder why and what they looked like in real life. On the day the last one dies I believe many people will be ashamed knowing they all contributed in some way to their demise
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Play on Yahoo Answers all day.  Wait, I already do that.  I must be a Panda.
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Animals and plants develope unique features that help them to adapt to their enviroment.
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It takes millions of years for evolution to take place. So even though it seems like your experiment should work and the animals should adapt to their surroundings...it wouldn't. Not for many, many generations at least. Do some research on mammoth evolution, or even evolution and general, and you'll find the flaws in your idea.
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The giant panda  is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central and southern China. [1] There is on-going debate as to whether this creature is truly a bear or more related to the raccoon rather than the bear, or perhaps in a family of its own. Recent genetic research has tended to support the conclusion that the giant panda is in fact a bear, but one that diverged relatively early from the rest of the family Ursidae.\n\nThe panda's main food is bamboo, but they may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, and yams. Easily recognizable through its large, distinctive black patches on the eyes, ears and on its rotund body, the giant panda an endangered animal: an estimated 1,600 pandas live in the wild and some 100 live in captivity, according to a 2004 census. [2]\n\nContents [hide]\n1 General information \n2 Natural history \n3 Uses and conservation history \n4 Reproduction \n5 Name \n6 Subspecies \n7 Pandas in zoos \n8 Pandas in popular culture \n9 References \n10 External links \n \n\n\n[edit]\nGeneral information\n\nThe giant panda lives in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan and Tibet. Since the latter half of the 20th century, the panda has become an informal national emblem for China, and its image is found on many Chinese gold coins.\n\n \nSu Lin, a 5-month old baby giant panda, atop a tree at the San Diego ZooDespite being taxonomically a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is overwhelmingly herbivorous. The giant panda eats shoots and leaves, living almost entirely on bamboo. Pandas are also known to eat eggs, the occasional fish, and some insects along with their bamboo diet. These are necessary sources of protein. Some zoos also feed their pandas specially formulated biscuits, fruitsicles or other treats to supplement their bamboo intake. Like other subtropical mammals, the giant panda does not hibernate.\n\nFor many decades the precise taxonomic classification of the panda was under debate as both the giant panda and the distantly related red panda share characteristics of both bears and raccoons. However, genetic testing seems to have revealed that giant pandas are true bears and part of the Ursidae family. Its closest bear relative is the Spectacled Bear of South America. (Disagreement remains about whether or not the red panda belongs in Ursidae; the raccoon family, Procyonidae; or in its own family, Ailuridae.)\n\nGiant pandas are an endangered species, threatened by continued habitat loss and by a very low birthrate, both in the wild and in captivity. About 1,600 are believed to survive in the wild. Poaching is uncommon; killing a panda was punishable in China by death until a 1997 law changed the penalty to 20 years imprisonment.\n\nThe giant panda has an unusual paw, with a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone. Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay about this, then used the title The Panda's Thumb for a book of collected essays. The giant panda has a short tail, approximately 15 cm long.\n\nThe giant panda has long been a favourite of the public, at least partly on account of the fact that the species has an appealing baby-like cuteness that makes it seem to resemble a living teddy bear. The fact that it is usually depicted reclining peacefully eating bamboo, as opposed to hunting, also adds to its image of innocence. Though the giant panda is often assumed docile because of their cuteness, they have been known to attack humans, usually assumed to be out of irritation rather than predatory behavior.\n\nGiant pandas can usually live to be 20-30 years old while living in captivity.\n\n[edit]\nNatural history\n \nGiant Panda eating bamboo at Zoo AtlantaNo fossils of pandas have been found earlier than a few million years ago. However, DNA analysis of the giant panda compared with other bears shows a very early split from the main bear lineage 18 or 15 million years ago. That was about the time when the "dawn bear"
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A baby Panda, they are so loveable.
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The giant panda is a member of the bear family, yet has some distinguishing characteristics.  Giant pandas weigh between eighty to one hundred twenty-five kilograms or one hundred eighty to two hundred fifty pounds (Bies).  One obvious difference between giant pandas and other bears is the coloring.  The black and white spots are unique to this species. Instead of roaring like most bears, the giant panda makes a bleating noise.  They also have what is called a sixth front toe, which is unlike any other member of the bear family.  In actuality, the toe is “an enlarged wrist bone that functions as a thumb in grasping food” (Giant Panda).  The lifespan of the giant panda varies depending on location.  Researchers estimate that wild pandas live between ten to fifteen years, but pandas living in captivity can live up to thirty years (Bies). \n\n       Also unlike other bears, the giant pandas diet consists mainly of bamboo.  An adult giant panda spends approximately ten to twelve hours a day consuming bamboo.  Although it has no real nutritional value, bamboo grows all year long.  Giant pandas have the sixth toe and the ability to feed upright.  These abilities combined with the plentifulness of bamboo make bamboo an ideal food source.  The giant panda also has a very muscular stomach wall covered with a thick layer of mucus to aid in the digesting of bamboo (Bies).  Giant pandas adapted to their environment several hundreds of year ago.  This is seen through their physical features that are unique to this species and very advantageous to eating bamboo. \n\n       Since bamboo is the major source of the giant pandas diet, logically the giant panda lives in bamboo forests.  These forest are usually at high elevations (Giant Panda), however, at one time pandas lived in river valleys as well.  Humans settled the river valleys and pushed the pandas into higher elevations (The Giant Panda).  Farmers take over part of the forest in order to graze livestock such as cattle or sheep.  These animals’ hooves loosen the soil making it hard for bamboo seeds to get a start (Mu).  On the other hand, panda help to distribute bamboo seeds (Bies).  As land is taken away from the pandas and there are fewer pandas to aid in the distribution of bamboo, less and less bamboo grows in order to feed the giant pandas.  Another problem derives from the short life span of some bamboo species.  Some species of bamboo flower and then die shortly after (Giant Panda).   All of the factors affecting the growth of bamboo directly affect the giant panda.  Although the giant panda may eat other foods such as fish and fruit, ninety-nine percent of their diet is bamboo (Bies).  The more bamboo destroyed means more giant pandas die of starvation.