The sun bear is the smallest bear，with a body length of 48 to 60 inches. Sun bears prefer rainforests. They are believed to sleep in trees. The sun bear is not a big meat-eater. The sun bear often uses its long tongue(舌头) for eating termites(白蚁).

The name sun bear comes from the pale circle on its chest (胸膛). They have short，black fur with a golden or white horseshoe shape on their chest. It is also known as “honey bear” because of its love for the sweet food.

With only 600 to 1,000 left in the wild in the rainforests of South Asia, it is in danger.

People are cutting down trees and using the land for farming. So the rainforests where the sun bear lives are becoming smaller and smaller. Sun bears are killed because their meat is delicious and parts of their body can be made into traditional medicine. People also like to keep young sun bears as pets and kill the mother bears. So the sun bear needs our help.

Pandas are from China. Many people like these black and white animals. They are cute and lovely. They are so popular that they are a symbol of China.

Adult pandas spend over 12 hours eating bamboo. Many years ago, there were more bamboo forests, but then humans cut down these forests. As the forests get smaller and pandas can’t find enough to eat and they have fewer babies. Now there are fewer than 2,000 pandas living in the forests. Now pandas are already endangered animals.

The Chinese government is trying to save the pandas. At school, students learn a lot about pandas. People begin to protect forests. Scientists are doing research to understand the habits of pandas. We hope in the future there will be more pandas.