完形填空
Pandas are like the superstars of the animal world. If a panda is born,
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a panda gets sick, the whole world will know it.
Why? Because they are cute. But the bigger
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is that there are not many left. In the 1980s, the number
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to just 1,114.
But here’s some good news. The number of pandas is becoming larger and larger. According to China’s fourth national giant panda survey and the IUCN (世界自然保护联盟) assessment, there are about 1,900 giant pandas in the wild in China.
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has China done it? Let’s take a look.
Eating well
Pandas sometimes eat small animals and fish, but bamboo
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99 per cent of their diet. And these guys are big eaters! A panda needs 10 to 18 kg of bamboo a day.
In 1958, China set up the first panda reserve. People have planted lots of bamboo there so that pandas can have enough fresh food.
Remembering to be gentle (温和的)
Baby pandas are only 15 cm long—that is as long as a pencil! They can’t see anything when they are born, and only open their
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six to eight weeks after birth. So researchers (研究人员) need to
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them well in labs.
When pandas grow big enough, researchers
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them to the wild. But researchers try not to trouble other pandas’ lives. When they get close to wild pandas, they dress up like pandas.
Saying hello to the world
China has also welcomed international organizations (组织) wishing to
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pandas. The most famous visit was in 1980 by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Its logo is the panda, so it makes the panda
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worldwide.
China also sends pandas to other countries as special “ambassadors (大使)”. The money that foreign zoos pay also helps with our work to save pandas.
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