'BEARS AND PANDAS"

Althoughou bears are aften portrayed as cuddly,they are amang the most dangerous of all creatures.There are seven kinds of bears.The largest is the polarbear.It stands nearly 10 ft (3m) tall and weighs more than half a ton.The smallest bear is the sun bear from Southeast Asia,which measures about 4ft (1.2m) from head to tail.Other bears include the grizzly and the sloth bear.Bears are heavily built,carnivorous(flesh-eating)mammals.This group of mammals also includes pandas.There are two kinds-the giant      panda and the red pandas.There giant panda is a large black and white creature that weighs asmuch as300lb(135kg).today giant pandas are very rare.The red panda,which is much smaller,is related to the raccoon.All bears and the giant panda have poor eyesight,so they find their food mainly by smell.

           POLAR BEAR                                                        (Fonte;The Random House Children's Encyclopedia)