動物類英語作文：Panda

英文
　　The giant panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) ("black-and-white cat-foot") is a mammal classified in the bear family, Ursidae, native to central-western and southwestern China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, ears and on its rotund body. Though technically a carnivore, the panda has a diet which is 98% bamboo. However, they may eat other foods such as honey, eggs, fish, and yams.

The Giant Panda is an endangered animal; an estimated 3,000 pandas live in the wild and over 180 were reported to live in captivity by August 2006 in mainland China[3] (another source by the end of 2006 put the figure for China at 221)， with twenty pandas living outside of China.[citation needed] However, reports show that the numbers of wild panda are on the rise.

The giant panda has long been a favorite 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.

The Giant Panda has a very distinctive black-and-white coat. Adults measure around 1.5 m long and around 75 cm tall at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 115 kg (253 pounds)。 Females are generally smaller than males, and can occasionally weigh up to 100 kg (220 pounds)。 Giant Pandas live in mountainous regions, such as Sichuan, Gansu, Shaanxi, and Tibet. While the Chinese dragon has been historically a national emblem for China, since the latter half of the 20th century the Giant Panda has also become an informal national emblem for China. Its image appears on a large number of modern Chinese commemorative silver, gold, and platinum coins.

The Giant Panda has an unusual paw, with a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone, which helps the panda to hold the bamboo while eating. Stephen Jay Gould wrote an essay about this, then used the title The Panda's Thumb for a book of essays concerned with evolution and intelligent design. The Giant Panda has a short tail, approximately 15 cm long. Giant Pandas can usually live to be 20-30 years old while living in captivity.

Until recently, scientists thought giant pandas spent most of their lives alone, with males and females meeting only during the breeding season. Recent studies paint a different picture, in which small groups of pandas share a large territory and sometimes meet outside the breeding season.

Like most subtropical mammals, but unlike most bears, the giant panda does not hibernate.

Pandas eating bamboo at the National Zoo in Washington, ite its taxonomic classification as a carnivore, the panda has a diet that is primarily herbivorous, which consists almost exclusively of bamboo. This is an evolutionarily recent adaptation. Pandas lack the proper enzymes to digest bamboo efficiently, and thus derive little energy and little protein from it.

While primarily herbivorous, the panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth, and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the pandas' bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements.

譯文

大熊貓(Ailuropoda melanoleuca)(“黑白偷偷前進”)是哺乳動物分類在小熊一家,熊科,產於中國中西部和西南部。它很容易被大,獨特的黑斑的眼睛、耳朵和圓胖的身體。雖然技術上一個食肉動物,熊貓竹子節食是98%。然而,他們可以吃其他的食物,如蜂蜜、雞蛋、魚、和山藥。

大熊貓是一種瀕危動物,估計有3000只大熊貓生活在野外,180多人被報道在囚禁2006年8月在中國大陸[3](另一個源圖中國到2006年底將在221年),與二十熊貓中國以外的生活。[引文需要]然而,報告顯示,野生熊貓的數量在上升。

大熊貓一直是最喜歡的公眾,至少部分的物種有一個吸引人的事實嬰兒的可愛,使它看起來像一個活生生的'泰迪熊。事實通常是描述和平躺吃竹子,而不是打獵,也增加了其純真的形象。雖然大熊貓通常認為善良,因為他們可愛,他們已經知道攻擊人類,通常認為是刺激而不是掠奪性行為。

大熊貓有一個非常獨特的黑白相間的外套。成年人測量長約1.5米,肩高75釐米左右。男性可重達115公斤(253磅)。女性通常比男性小,並且可以偶爾重達100公斤(220磅)。大熊貓生活在山區,如四川、甘肅、陝西、西藏。而中國龍已經在歷史上中國的國徽,20世紀下半葉以來,大熊貓也成為中國的一個非正式的國徽。其形象出現在大量的現代中國紀念銀、金、鉑硬幣。

大熊貓有一個不尋常的爪子,“拇指”和五個手指,“拇指”實際上是修改後的籽骨,這有助於熊貓竹子而吃。斯蒂芬·傑·古爾德寫了一篇,然後使用熊貓的拇指一本書的標題文章關心的進化和智能設計。大熊貓有一個短尾巴,長約15釐米。大熊貓通常可以活到20 - 30歲住在囚禁的時候。

直到最近,科學家們認為大熊貓的大部分時間都是自己一個人住,與男性和女性會議只在繁殖季節。最近的研究描繪了一幅不同的畫面,一小羣熊貓分享大量領土和有時滿足在繁殖季節。

像大多數亞熱帶哺乳動物,但與大多數熊,大熊貓不冬眠。

熊貓吃竹子在華盛頓國家動物園,華盛頓特區儘管其分類學分類作為一個食肉動物,熊貓的飲食主要是食草的,幾乎都是由竹子。這是一個最近的進化適應。熊貓缺乏適當的酶消化竹子效率,從而獲得一點一點能量和蛋白質。

雖然主要食草,熊貓仍然明顯熊的牙齒,並將吃肉,魚,和雞蛋時可用。被囚禁,動物園通常保持大熊貓吃竹子,儘管一些提供特殊配方餅乾或其他膳食補充劑。