Giant pandas are one of the top ten endangered animals in the world. Giant pandas can weigh from around 220 to 330 pounds. Pandas are a part of the bear family.
There are only around 1,830 left in the wild. The adults can grow more than 4 feet tall. Pandas have a diet of only bamboo. They will eat from 26 to 84 pounds of it everyday. A new born panda is about the size of a stick of butter. The new born is about 1/900 size of its own mother. Pandas are the rarest member of the bear family. The live in the high mountains in western China.
How you can help them?
You can help giant pandas by choosing the brand of soy milk with a panda on the front called Zensoy They donate 5% of their profits to help pandas. If you really want to do something major to help them you can go to this website:World wildlife fund
Lli pikas are sometimes nicknamed as the 'magic rabbit'. They are a cuddly looking mammal. They are about 8 inches long. They were first found and documented in China in 1983. They were found again in 2014. They have gone from around 2,900 in 1983 to around 1,000 in 2014. The lli pika species has dropped 71% in about 30 years. They are believed to be endangered because of global warming. They live in a cold flat raised area called a plateau. They eat herbs and other plants. They are more endangered than the panda.
How can we help?
We help lli pikas by helping to stop global warming. The most important thing to do is recycle, reuse and reduce. Use less hot water. Turn off the water when you are brushing your teeth or flossing. Turn off the light when ever you leave a room. Don't leave your light on in the middle of the day if you can see enough just using sunlight. Drive the least you can. If you have to go like two blocks don't drive, if you can just walk or take public transportation.
Leatherback sea turtles are one of the most endangered animals in the world. They are also the largest sea turtle and one of the largest reptiles in the world. An adult leatherback sea turtle can weigh up to 2,000 pounds. They are 6 to 7.2 feet long. Leatherback sea turtles are endangered because of many reasons. Mainly because people harvest the eggs and the turtles get caught in many different types of fishing nets and fishing materials. Leather back sea turtles have been on earth for the last 100,000,000 years. They eat a very large amount of jellyfish which helps keep the jellyfish population in check.
How you can help:
You can help buy not littering. Especially do not litter plastic bags. If you drop a bag it probably will somehow get in to a river or stream. If it gets in to a river or stream it will eventually get to the ocean. Once it is in the ocean a leatherback sea turtle might mistake it for a jellyfish, eat it and then die. Also if you let go of a balloon outside it will end up in the ocean and a sea turtle or any other sea creature might eat it and then die.
