Panda - symbol of wildlife.

Panda - symbol of wild nature, the World Society logo adorns image of this amazing animal. They left a little and only in mountainous areas ... China

Qingling Mountains in the heart of Central China attracted more than 120,000 kilometers. This ridge forms the lush vegetation covered section between north and south China.The northern slopes constrain the cold winter winds, creating mists that are held throughout the year. It is an area of ​​endless rains, difficult terrain.

In these places you can find one of the most amazing representatives of the animal world - the giant panda, which lives at an altitude of over 1500 meters. To see it in its natural habitat, it is necessary to overcome the way up the steep slopes, overgrown with trees. But the highest peaks of the mountains much more Qinglin 3000 meters!

Thickets of bamboo - the main source of food descendants bear - stretching along these ridges. These bamboo forests provide excellent habitat for some of wildlife in China.

Golden snub-nosed monkey , whose fur is so prized, eats most of the day "green delicacy."

Crested ibis, another rare inhabitant of this place, who calls Qingling mountain home. They were once widespread throughout Asia, but their number is unfortunately reduced, and the ibis was in the Red Book of the world on the page color «SOS». In the wild, they had about 80 animals.

Finally, Panda! See it is not so easy. The bamboo grove is difficult to see anything. The fact that an animal somewhere, say white long hairs on tree trunks.

Panda evolved into one of the most "special" of mammals in the world. Bamboo is about 99% of their diet. In the most difficult times of their menu is more diverse, and the animals have to have not only vegetarian food.

Panda is engaged in all its regular time meal (about 30 pounds of bamboo a day - a good result), the rest - sleep. Sweet Dreams "bamboo bear" see from the comfort of the trees. However, they can sleep anywhere, even on the ground. But the higher, the better: away from the forest dwellers.

Today around the world remained only 1,600 giant pandas.

It is believed that Panda separated from carnivorous bears about 22 million years ago. Those of their early ancestors lived in present-day China, Burma and Vietnam.

The first fossilized evidence they are almost 3 million. In the Pleistocene, 18,000 years ago, huge glaciers covered the northern hemisphere, causing the ancestors of giant pandas to move south. So they were in the mountainous regions of China, where it evolved into the species that are known to us now.

One of the most bizarre forms of adaptation pandas - the appearance of an additional finger. And it makes it possible to grasp at the panda bamboo leaves six fingers.

Their skull found evidence that the ancestors of the mountain pandas adapt to the food of herbivores.

When the spring comes Qingling Mountains, mountains and rivers spill from melting snow ... Lush greenery of thousands of species of plants cover the hillsides. Some of them do not grow anywhere else in the world. And pandas comes love ...

Once, during the filming of a black-and-white mammals mountains Qinglin, the future hero of the film crew approached close enough to hurt equipment. Animals to humans has not paid any attention to the other track was - the same carelessness. And the cat and bear, as translated from the title, heading in the same direction.It turned out during the breeding season has arrived, and this time the males gather in a certain place of the ridge and waiting for "the ladies." Males can not waste time, because the females are able to reproduce only a few days a year. And the male giant panda not care about their good reputation when it comes to females.Battles between rivals can be quite aggressive: in the course are sharp teeth, merciless claws, pandas bite and beat their opponents. And only one of them wins. The loser may be injured, or even killed.

Unfortunately, all the efforts of the victorious may be vain: female he may just not be interested. Such clarity is needed: in my life panda may give birth to three to five cubs, so it is important that she chose the male with the best genes to pass them on to their offspring.

After five months of this wonderful world will see tiny babies weighing about 100 grams. Their mother will bring one. But they need constant attention. About six months your baby will be totally dependent on the mother's milk, and then gradually move to the bamboo. However, they grow quickly: their famous spots appear in a week.

Adult pandas few enemies. And their babies are constantly growing danger: when a mother has to leave offspring to eat and gain strength, kids can fall prey to leopards , wild dogs, birds of prey ...

First live panda seen in the West only in the early twentieth century. This sparked a wave of hunting expeditions. In 20 years of panda pelt was a valuable prize.

Today, giant pandas protected. Killing them would have serious consequences. But the animals were under a new threat - the destruction of their natural habitat. In order to preserve these unique species of the World Wildlife Fund and the head of the Chinese provinces are working to create new reserves for pandas and five forest corridors.

In a short time, and the baby can take care of himself and get his own territory, member of the population Qinglin, a symbol of hope for the future amazing animal, whose name is Panda .