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

The study predicts that nearly all the bamboo China's Qinling Mountains could disappear the end this century because global warming. That means pandas would have nothing to eat. The study said: "Results suggest that almost the entire panda habitat the [Qinling] region may disappear the end the 21st century." The researchers said the only chance survival the panda has is if they move higher the 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 this latest bad news. Panda expert Chang Leng said it was time the world to wake and help the panda.