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Giant panda Golden snub nose monkey South China tiger Yak By Ruby Alton. Chinese Animals. The animals of china.
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Giant panda Golden snub nose monkey South China tiger Yak By Ruby Alton ChineseAnimals
China’s most favourite animal. There are probably about 1,600 giant pandas left in the wild. They are classified as an endangered species mainly because their habitats are destroyed. The Giant panda is protected by law. They live in the high west of China by moving from one mountaintop forest to another. Panda’s main food is bamboo. They digest only about a fifth of what they eat. So they eat a lot, up to 12 hours per day. Conservation: Working with the government to create safe places to live Giant Panda (Ailuropodamelanoleuca) I live over there
The Golden snub nose monkeys live in the mountains and forests of south China. They too are endangered They eat young leaves, fruit, seeds and buds. Golden snub nose monkeys live in family groups of one male and many females. The family groups band together with others, forming troops of 20 to 30 monkeys in the winter and up to 200 in the summer. Conservation: to create safe homes for them to live in. Golden snub nose monkey (Rhinopithecusroxellana) I live here
The South China tiger were hunted for Chinese medicines and they are thought to be pests. The Chinese government band hunting in 1979 by 1996 there were 30-80 tigers lift in the wild. Today the south China tiger is thought to be extinct as they haven't been see in the wild for 25. South China tiger (Panthera tigrisamoyensis)
They live on the grasslands of Tibet Virtually everything that a family has or needs is from a yak. That is meat, wool and rich milk used to make cheese, yogurt, and yak butter. Yak bones make jewellery and Yak dung is used as fuel for fires. In the wild the Yak males and females live apart. The Yaks threats are being hunted for meat . Yak Wild Yak (Bosmutus) Domesticated Yak (Bosgrunniens ) I live here
Chinese children love to keep crickets as pets in a little wooden cage. The Chinese love the beautiful music that their crickets make. Cricket chirping in your house brings good luck! pets
The Chinese New Year is marked by a certain animal and each animal means something special. 2013 Year of the snake
If you would like to help any of the Chinese animals that I have spoken about a good way is to adopt one at: World Wildlife Fund Thank you for watching and listening www.wwf.org.uk/