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giant panda is already on endangered list. number of pandas in world has been falling for decades. There are several reasons for this. One is that many of panda's forests have gone. They have been cut down to make towns and cities. Another is fact that animal breeds very slowly and has few cubs (baby pandas). panda is now facing another big threat to its survival – shortage of food. new report shows that bamboo, panda's main food, is disappearing because of climate change. Bamboo is pretty much only food panda eats. Ninety-nine per cent of its diet is bamboo. adult panda needs around 38 kilograms of bamboo every day.

study predicts that nearly all bamboo in China's Qinling Mountains could disappear by end of this century because of global warming. That means pandas would have nothing to eat. study said: "Results suggest that almost entire panda habitat in [Qinling] region may disappear by end of 21st century." researchers said only chance of survival panda has is if they move higher up mountains. Scientist Jianguo Liu warned that we must start helping pandas now, saying: "It is tough, but I think there's still hope, if we take action now." Panda lovers are shocked at this latest bad news. Panda expert Chang Leng said it was time for world to wake up and help panda.