Endangered Animals Red Pandas! - Writing

This week for writing we have been writing to inform texts about endangered animals. I chose the animal red panda, we had to learn about the creature and write down facts we find in a plan. Then using the information in the plan we write the introduction, body paragraphs & conclusion. After we finished that we did self check, partner check and finally teacher check. 

Here it is: 

Red Pandas

Introduction

Did you know there are less than 10,000 red pandas left. Red pandas live in eastern himalayas like China, Nepal & Bhutan. They are given the status of endangered. Red pandas are very skillful and acrobatic.

Endangered Reason

Did you know red pandas are killed for multiple reasons? The fur of a red panda is used for clothes. It is often sold on the pet black market. Red pandas are often caught in traps meant for other animals like deer. Also occasionally poached in the place of another animal.

Appearance

Did you know that red pandas aren’t actually very red? Although they are known as ‘red pandas’ they are actually more orangey. They have black back legs and have orange and brown striped tails. Red pandas mostly have a white face. They also have slightly black bodies. Most red pandas grow up to 2 metres in length.

Diet

Did you know red pandas love bamboo and leaves? They often live in trees and that's why their diets are mainly leaves and bamboo. Red pandas occasionally eat insects. The word panda is said to come from the Nepali word for ‘ponya’ which means bamboo or plant eating animal. The red panda's diet consists of quite simple things.

Conclusion

To conclude, Red pandas are a cute animal that are being harmed by traps for other animals. They are very acrobatic animals and there are less than 10,000 left in the world. So help these animals out by preventing poaching or anything else that will harm red pandas.