Popo Panda then became friend with Barry Bear soon after we launched Cody Cow. This character will remind you to Kungfu Panda, but please don't go wrong for Popo Panda doesn't have any family relationship with the one who raised by a long-necked goose named Mr. Ping.
We chose this cute character for its cute chubby face. The panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca, black and white cat-foot), also known as the giant panda to distinguish it from the unrelated red panda, is a bear native to central-western and south western China. It is easily recognized by its large, distinctive black patches around the eyes, over the ears, and across its round body. Though it belongs to the order Carnivora, the panda's diet is 99% bamboo. Pandas in the wild will occasionally eat other grasses, wild tubers, or even meat in the form of birds, rodents or carrion. In captivity they may receive honey, eggs, fish, yams, shrub leaves, oranges, or bananas along with specially prepared food.
The giant panda lives in a few mountain ranges in central China, mainly in Sichuan province, but also in the Shaanxi and Gansu provinces. As a result of farming, deforestation and other development, the panda has been driven out of the lowland areas where it once lived.
The panda is a conservation reliant endangered species. A 2007 report shows 239 pandas living in captivity inside China and another 27 outside the country. Wild population estimates vary; one estimate shows that there are about 1,590 individuals living in the wild, while a 2006 study via DNA analysis estimated that this figure could be as high as 2,000 to 3,000. Some reports also show that the number of pandas in the wild is on the rise. However, the does not believe there is enough certainty yet to reclassify the species from Endangered to Vulnerable.
The giant panda has a black-and-white coat. Adults measure around 1.2 to 1.8 m (4 to 6 ft) long, including a tail of about 13 cm (5.1 in), and 60 to 90 cm (2.0 to 3.0 ft) tall at the shoulder. Males can weigh up to 160 kg (350 lb). Females (generally 10–20% smaller than males) can weigh as little as 75 kg (170 lb), but can also weigh up to 125 kg (280 lb). Average adult weight is 100 to 115 kg (220 to 250 lb).
The giant panda has a body shape typical of bears. It has black fur on its ears, eye patches, muzzle, legs, arms and shoulders. The rest of the animal's coat is white. Although scientists do not know why these unusual bears are black and white, the bold coloring is speculated to provide effective camouflage in its shade-dappled snowy and rocky surroundings. The giant panda's thick, wooly coat keeps it warm in the cool forests of its habitat. It has large molar teeth and strong jaw muscles for crushing tough bamboo.
The giant panda's paw has a "thumb" and five fingers; the "thumb" is actually a modified sesamoid bone, which helps it to hold bamboo while eating.
The giant panda's tail, measuring 10 to 15 cm (4 to 6 in), is the second longest in the bear family.
Despite its taxonomic classification as a carnivoran, the giant panda's diet is primarily herbivorous, consisting almost exclusively of bamboo. However, the giant panda still has the digestive system of a carnivore, as well as carnivore-specific genes, and thus derives little energy and little protein from consumption of bamboo. Its ability to digest cellulose is ascribed to the microbes in its gut. The giant panda is a "highly specialized" animal with "unique adaptations", and has lived in bamboo forests for millions of years. The average giant panda eats as much as 9 to 14 kg (20 to 30 lb) of bamboo shoots a day. Because it consumes a diet low in nutrition, it is important for it to keep its digestive tract full. The limited energy input imposed on it by its diet has affected the panda's behavior. The giant panda tends to limit its social interactions and avoids steeply sloping terrain to limit its energy expenditures.
The giant panda's round face is the result of powerful jaw muscles, which attach from the top of the head to the jaw. Large molars crush and grind fibrous plant material.
Pandas eat any of 25 bamboo species in the wild, such as Fargesia dracocephala and Fargesia rufa. Only a few bamboo species are widespread at the high altitudes pandas now inhabit. Bamboo leaves contain the highest protein levels; stems have less. Given this large diet, the giant panda can defecate up to 40 times a day.
Because of the synchronous flowering, death, and regeneration of all bamboo within a species, the giant panda must have at least two different species available in its range to avoid starvation. While primarily herbivorous, the giant panda still retains decidedly ursine teeth, and will eat meat, fish, and eggs when available. In captivity, zoos typically maintain the giant panda's bamboo diet, though some will provide specially formulated biscuits or other dietary supplements.
No conclusive explanation of the origin of the word "panda" has been found. The closest candidate is the Nepali word ponya, possibly referring to the adapted wrist bone. The Western world originally applied this name to the red panda. Until 1901, when it was erroneously stated to be related to the red panda, the giant panda was known as "mottled bear" (Ailuropus melanoleucus) or "particolored bear".
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_panda)
also facilitate a rapid physical response. A long, fluid, greyhound-like
body is streamlined over light bones. Small collarbones and vertical shoulder
blades help lengthen the stride. 
nocturnal predators, the cheetah is primarily
diurnal, hunting in early morning and late afternoon. Since it depends on
sight rather than smell, it likes to scan the countryside from a tree limb
or the top of a termite mound. Other big cats chase only a few hundred meters:
the cheetah chases 3.4 miles (5500 meters) at an average speed of 45 miles
per hour (72 kilometers per hour). Stalking is as important as the fast
sprint: usually it will creep within 50 yards (46 meters) of an intended
victim before the final acceleration. Full sprints last about 20 seconds
and almost never exceed 1 full minute. If it succeeds in catching an animal
the cheetah will suffocate it by clamping the animal's windpipe, sometimes
holding a clamp as long as 5 minutes. Very small animals like hares are
killed by a simple bite through the skull. But whatever the meal - large
or small - cheetah eats quickly for if challenged it will most often
lose. Cheetahs have unusually clean eating habits: they do not return to
their kill nor do they eat carrion; they leave the skin, bones and entrails
of their prey. At 6 weeks the young are strong enough to follow the hunt
and when they are about 6 months old the mother will capture live prey for
them to practice killing. 
