I like pandas very much. They are very ________. Many of them live in Sichuan, ________. Pandas are beautiful animals. They are ________ and white. They have big bodies, ________ sometimes they can also move quickly. Pandas like to eat ________. They also like to sleep.

Sometimes pandas go to other countries. People in the world ________ like pandas very much.

There are not many pandas in the world. People know they are ________ danger. They hope to help pandas ________ a better life. My uncle works in a panda center. It’s ________ to go to the center. I can ________ many cute pandas there.

Do you know these animals in the pictures?

African buffalo （非洲大水牛）	From: Africa Life: live in groups Like: staying in water to keep cool. African buffaloes are very big and strong. Lions sometimes are afraid of them.
Puma （美洲狮）	From: America Life: solitary (独居的); live in a quiet place Be good at: swimming, running and climbing trees The puma has many names. One of them is “red tiger”, but the puma is a king of lion. It likes to put its food in the tree and eat it.
Platypus （鸭嘴兽）	From: Australia Life: solitary; live in water Be good at: swimming The platypus sleeps in the daytime and goes out at night. The platypus is one of Australia’s symbols, so you can see platypus on every Australian 20-cent coin (20分硬币).

The kiwi (几维鸟) lives only in New Zealand. It is a very strange bird because it can't fly.

The kiwi is the same size as a chicken. It has no wings or tail. It does not have any feathers like other birds. It has hair on its body. Its mouth is very long. It has two feet and each foot has four toes (脚趾).

A kiwi likes a lot of trees around it. It sleeps during the day because the sunlight hurts (伤害) its eyes. It can smell things with its nose. It is the only bird in the world that can smell things. The kiwi’s eggs are very big. There are only a few kiwis in New Zealand now. The government says that people can’t kill kiwis. New Zealanders want their kiwis to live.

There is a picture of kiwis on New Zealand money. People from New Zealand are sometimes called kiwis.

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