SMART Notebook 8.1Jan 1 - 17:41These solitary mammals spend over 60% of their lives eating! Giant pandas feedalmost exclusively on bamboo, and they have enlongated wrists which act like a sixth claw to help them grasp the slender shoots. Their bamboo diet is very low innutrients, so toobtain enough nourishment they may feed for up to14 hours a day. Giant pandas are large,heavily built animals, and can weigh up to 115 kilograms.No one knows for sure why they have such bold black and white markings. Themost popular explanation is that the colours act as a signal to other pandas, making them highly visible and preventing confrontations. Giant pandas live in China. They inhabit areas of mountain forest where dense patches of bamboo can be found. They spend most of their time on the forest floor, where they seek shelter in hollow trees, rock crevices and caves. Giant PandaFemales give birth to one or two cubs in August or September. They build a den from twigs and leaves in a hollow tree stump or rock crevice a few days before they are due to give birth. The tiny infants are born blind and hairless, and weigh between 80 and 120 grams. Giant panda cubs develop rapidly, and they put on over 20 times their birth weight in just eight weeks. Giant pandas are an endangered species, and there are only about 1,000 left in the wild. Since the 1970s their habitat has shrunk by half, and most of the population now live in panda reserves. What are the features of a non chronological report?18/12/2002 05:46What are the features of a non chronological report?18/12/2002 06:27Does this report contain the same features?Jan 1 - 17:58Polar bears live only in the northern Arctic where they spend most of their timeon ice floes. They are found in the US (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Greenland and Norway. These areas are viciously cold, with temperatures as low as minus 55 degrees Celsius and wind speeds of up to 30 miles per hour. By having a thick layer of fat (blubber) under their skin, the bears can stay warm in the cold environment. Polar bears are warm-blooded mammals, which means that they can regulate their body at the same temperature. Their skin is black, which helps to soak up as much heat from the sun as possible. What's more, their round and compact body shape helps to keep them warm. Polar bears don't have large ears or a long tail, because they lose warmth quickly. Instead they try to weigh as much as possible because large objects lose heat slowly, so the heaviest polar bear stays warmer longer. Polar bears hunt seals, fish, seabirds and reindeer. They will also eat vegetation and berries in the summer. Polar bears do not need to drink water, as they get all the liquid they need from the food they eat. Does this report have the same features as the other polar bear reportPolar bears are the largest land carnivores (meat-eaters) in the world and the largest members of the bear family. Polar bearIn order for polar bears to stay fat and warm they must eat a lot of food. Polar bears often eat 45 kilograms of seal blubber in one meal. About half of the food polar bears eat is used to keep them warm, which is the same for humans. So the colder the Arctic gets, the more they must eat to keep warm.