Seeing as Max is so mad at C…(you know who ), I have decided not to say his name for a while…or even write it. Max is very sensitive there. I think he might still be jealous, because I had a little crush on C a few years back. But that's a looong time ago. In the meantime, Max and have kissed. Way up high on top of the pyramid, during our world tour. That was so romantic! My heart always beats a bit faster when I think about it….bump bump bump bump.
Anyway, C gave me a really yummy recipe before he left. He brought it with him from Malaysia – Bubble Tea.
It's like cold tea with funny pearls in it that pop in your mouth and go all fizzy. Such a funny feeling when you drink it for the first time I haven't had anything quite this crazy before! I'll go to Max and surprise him with it. Maybe he will stop being mad after having some sweet tea.
The giant panda has an insatiable appetite for bamboo. A typical animal eats half the day—a full 12 out of every 24 hours—and relieves itself dozens of times a day. It takes 28 pounds (12.5 kilograms) of bamboo to satisfy a giant panda's daily dietary needs, and it hungrily plucks the stalks with elongated wrist bones that function rather like thumbs. Pandas will sometimes eat birds or rodents as well. Wild pandas live only in remote, mountainous regions in central China. These high bamboo forests are cool and wet—just as pandas like it. They may climb as high as 13000 feet (3962 meters) to feed on higher slopes in the summer season. Pandas are often seen eating in a relaxed sitting posture, with their hind legs stretched out before them. They may appear sedentary, but they are skilled tree-climbers and efficient swimmers. Giant pandas are solitary. They have a highly developed sense of smell that males use to avoid each other and to find females for mating in the spring. After a five-month pregnancy, females give birth to a cub or two, though they cannot care for both twins. The blind infants weigh only 5 ounces (142 grams) at birth and cannot crawl until they reach three months of age. They are born white, and develop their much loved coloring later. There are only about 1000 giant pandas left in the wild. Perhaps 100 pandas live in zoos, where they are always among the most popular attractions. Much of what we know about pandas comes from study of these zoo animals ...Video Rating: 5 / 5
Giant Pandas Stamp S/S from Hong Kong, China 
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